Decorative pendant from a horse harness, unknown Near Eastern workshop. The pendant is in the form of a thick ring with a round eyelet at the top. The lower half of the ring is decorated with 16 notches; on both sides the notching terminates in a pair of small round knobs. The pendant was probably an element of a harness. Iron Period, 9th–6th century BC end of the 2nd millennium–first half of the 1st millennium BC. Luristan, Near East. Materials: metal; weight 94 g; diameter 5.5 cm; thickness 1.2 cm., A small sculpted figure with a rounded, elongated form standing upright against a plain gray background, showing a rough, weathered surface with visible textural irregularities; the figure has a narrowed top that tapers into a small head-like shape and a broader midsection with two raised, rounded protrusions on the front, followed by a segmented lower portion with horizontal grooves; colors visible include dark brown, greenish patina, and hints of black and gray across the surface, with ...
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Decorative pendant from a horse harness, unknown Near Eastern workshop. The pendant is in the form of a thick ring with a round eyelet at the top. The lower half of the ring is decorated with 16 notches; on both sides the notching terminates in a pair of small round knobs. The pendant was probably an element of a harness. Iron Period, 9th–6th century BC end of the 2nd millennium–first half of the 1st millennium BC. Luristan, Near East. Materials: metal; weight 94 g; diameter 5.5 cm; thickness 1.2 cm., A small sculpted figure with a rounded, elongated form standing upright against a plain gray background, showing a rough, weathered surface with visible textural irregularities; the figure has a narrowed top that tapers into a small head-like shape and a broader midsection with two raised, rounded protrusions on the front, followed by a segmented lower portion with horizontal grooves; colors visible include dark brown, greenish patina, and hints of black and gray across the surface, with subtle variations in tone creating a mottled appearance.

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Decorative pendant horse harness unknown Near Eastern workshop pendant form thick ring round eyelet top lower half ring decorated 16 notches sides notching terminates pair small round knobs pendant was element harness Iron Period 9th–6th century BC 2nd millennium–first half 1st millennium BC Luristan Near East Materials metal weight 94 g diameter 5.5 cm thickness 1.2 cm small sculpted figure rounded elongated form standing upright plain gray background showing rough weathered surface visible textural irregularities figure narrowed top tapers small head- shape broader midsection two raised rounded protrusions front followed segmented lower portion horizontal grooves colors visible include dark brown greenish patina hints black gray across surface subtle variations tone creating mottled appearance.

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