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| IMPORTANT URARTIAN LARGE BRONZE PECTORAL WITH REPOUSSE DECORATION Including three images of Inanna, the powerful goddess of love and war, on both shoulder guards, and four double ‘serpent chains’ draped across the front. Very rare. Numerous holes around the edge where the pectoral was attached to a tunic. This crescent-shaped pectoral may have been worn around the neck of a high official. Two bronze statuettes in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, depict male figures with crescent-shaped pectorals. Ex Zurich private collection, pre-1995. 8th-7th century BC W. 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2012, no. 237 ALT1104 P.O.R. Sales |
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