id:			136458
accession number:	1960.35.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.35.2
updated:		2022-01-04 16:06:57.854000

Button-Based Situla, 900-700 BC. Iran, Luristan, 9th-7th Century BC. Bronze, repoussé, punched, incised; diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund 1960.35.2

title:				Button-Based Situla
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creation date:			900-700 BC
creation date earliest:		-900
creation date latest:		-700
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund
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culture:	Iran, Luristan, 9th-7th Century BC
technique:	bronze, repoussé, punched, incised
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); Overall: 13.1 cm (5 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

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wall description: 
The metalworkers of Luristan provided the Assyrian empire with elaborate bronze ornaments and vessels.  These two situla are decorated symmetrically---one with ibexes drinking from an overflowing water jar; the other, with sphinxes.
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