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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.33
Title
Gazelle Head (Diadem fragment)
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
jewelry
Date
200 BCE-200 CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Parthia
Period
Parthian period
Culture
Parthian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/289406

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hammered gold
Dimensions
7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Schimmel Foundation, Inc.
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.33
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Length of whole piece, 14.5cm, length of head alone, 2.3cm, diameter of hanging discs, 1.1cm.

Publication History

  • Oscar White Muscarella, ed., Ancient Art: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Verlag Philipp von Zabern (Mainz, 1974), no. 165.
  • Jürgen Stettgast, Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, New York, exh. cat., Verlag Philipp von Zabern (Mainz, 1978), no. 188.

Exhibition History

  • Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, 03/18/1978 - 05/28/1978; Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 06/24/1978 - 09/03/1978; Archäologische Staatssammlung München - Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, 09/28/1978 - 01/06/1979

Verification Level

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