Bronze belt fitting with bird-headed creatures

Details

• Title

  Bronze belt fitting with bird-headed creatures

• Associated place

  Asia › Iran (possible; northwest Iran) (place of creation)

  Asia › Turkmenistan (possible) (possible place of creation)

• Date

  Sasanian Period (AD 226 - 651)

• Material and technique

  bronze, with openwork decoration

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze

• Technique index

  formed › cast;

  decorated › openwork

• Object type

  clothing › costume-fitting › belt-fitting

• Dimensions

  6.8 x 17.2 x 0.3 cm (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of James Bomford, the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum, and other benefactors, 1971.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 28 | Asian Crossroads

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1971.973

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