File:Bactria-Margiana, late 3rd - early 2nd BC figure.jpg
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| Description |
English: Shaft-hole Axe Head with Bird-Headed Demon, a Boar, and a Dragon figurine. From Central Asia (Bactria-Margiana), late 3rd - early 2nd millenium BC. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Date | 3rd-2nd BCE | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | silver, gilt silver | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | length: 15 cm (5.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Current location |
Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, gallery 403 |
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| Accession number |
1982.5 |
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| Place of discovery |
Place of discovery: Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex (in present-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan). |
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| Object history |
1982: purchased from Mehdi Mahboubian, New York |
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| References | Metropolitan Museum of Art: entry 329076 as Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon. Bronze Age, ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C. (accession number: 1982.5) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://www.flickr.com/photos/unforth/2345507841/in/set-72157604168452331/ (taken by https://www.flickr.com/photos/unforth/ on 2008-03-12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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