Luristan bronzes
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Luristan bronzes are a distinctive group of finely cast bronze artifacts from Iran’s Zagros Mountains, renowned for their intricate animal motifs and use as weapons, horse trappings, and ritual objects during the early first millennium BCE.
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient metalwork
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archaeological artifact type ⓘ bronze artwork ⓘ |
| artMovement | Ancient Near Eastern art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture |
Iranian Iron Age culture
NERFINISHED
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Luristan culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
animals
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fantastic creatures ⓘ heroic combat scenes ⓘ human figures ⓘ master of animals motif ⓘ |
| discoveredIn |
Luristan
NERFINISHED
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western Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 650 BCE ⓘ |
| genre | animal art ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
complex iconography
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fine casting ⓘ intricate animal motifs ⓘ lost-wax casting ⓘ openwork design ⓘ stylized figures ⓘ |
| hasPart |
axes
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belt fittings ⓘ daggers ⓘ horse bits ⓘ horse trappings ⓘ maceheads ⓘ pins ⓘ rattles ⓘ ritual objects ⓘ standard finials ⓘ vessels ⓘ votive objects ⓘ weapons ⓘ |
| inception | circa 1000 BCE ⓘ |
| locatedInOrGeographicallyRelatedTo | Zagros Mountains GENERATED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Luristan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| madeFromMaterial | copper alloy ⓘ |
| materialUsed | bronze ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elaborate horse harness fittings
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ritual and cultic imagery ⓘ variety of weapon forms ⓘ |
| partOf |
Iranian art history
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Near Eastern archaeology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantCollection |
Berlin State Museums
NERFINISHED
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British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Louvre Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Museum of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ National Museum of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
issues of looting and illicit antiquities trade
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scholarly debate on dating and provenance ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
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early first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| typicalFindSpot |
burial contexts
GENERATED
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grave sites GENERATED ⓘ hoards GENERATED ⓘ |
| use |
horse equipment
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ritual use ⓘ status display ⓘ votive offerings ⓘ weaponry ⓘ |
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