Caption

Bottle-type idol base, unknown Luristan workshop. A bottle-shaped base with a long, narrow neck terminating in an upturned, slightly convex spout. Halfway up, a convex cylinder with an engraved zigzag line encircles the neck. Engraved decoration of horizontal bands of line motifs—diagonal crosses, chevrons, hatched triangles—appears on the central part of the neck and at the lower edge of the base. The base has no bottom and is hollow inside; a sleeve-shaped hole passes through the neck to allow mounting of a pin with an idol figurine. Iron Age II, 8th–7th century BC. Luristan, Iran. Base; height 7.5 cm, width 2.8 cm., A single metallic object with a textured surface stands against a plain gray background, showing a warm bronze color with areas of darker and lighter bronze tones; the object has a rounded, flattened top connected to a narrow neck with a banded ridge, widening into a bell-shaped body that tapers to a flat base, and the surface exhibits a few irregular pits and a large jagged hole revealing a deep black void inside.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A18_226

License type

Rights managed

Available size

19.6Mb (1.0Mb) / 6.4in x 11.9in / 1913 x 3575 (300dpi)

Keywords

Bottle-type idol base unknown Luristan workshop bottle-shaped base long narrow neck terminating upturned slightly convex spout Halfway up convex cylinder engraved zigzag line encircles Engraved decoration horizontal bands line motifs diagonal crosses chevrons hatched triangles central part lower edge base no bottom hollow inside sleeve-shaped hole passes allow mounting pin idol figurine Iron Age II 8th–7th century BC Luristan Iran Base height 7.5 cm width 2.8 cm single metallic object textured surface stands plain gray background showing warm bronze color areas darker lighter bronze tones object rounded flattened top connected narrow neck banded ridge widening bell-shaped body tapers flat base surface exhibits irregular pits large jagged hole revealing deep black void inside.