Button-Based Situlas
Unknown Artist
900–700 BCE
Medium
bronze, repoussé, punched, incised
Dimensions
h. 13 cm · diam. 5.9 cm
Classification
Metalwork
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund, and James Parmelee Fund
Accession Number
1960.35
About this artwork
The metalworkers of Luristan provided the Assyrian empire with elaborate bronze ornaments and vessels. These two situla have symmetrical decoration—one with ibexes drinking from an overflowing water jar; the other, with sphinxes.