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Source Description
On this silver beaker, two registers show men grabbing felines by the paws and stabbing rearing beasts amid stylized trees. The bearded men wear long robes and scarves, carefully created using repoussé. A large guilloche pattern (interlacing curved lines) containing a smaller guilloche pattern and punctuated by round bosses fills the space between the registers. This beaker may show a Master of Animals or a hero in combat, popular motifs in the ancient Near East.
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Document identity
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140084
label
Hero and Animal Combat Beaker
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object
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140084
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object
title
Hero and Animal Combat Beaker
description
On this silver beaker, two registers show men grabbing felines by the paws and stabbing rearing beasts amid stylized trees. The bearded men wear long robes and scarves, carefully created using repoussé. A large guilloche pattern (interlacing curved lines) containing a smaller guilloche pattern and punctuated by round bosses fills the space between the registers. This beaker may show a Master of Animals or a hero in combat, popular motifs in the ancient Near East.
date
900–700 BCE
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60763353
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); Overall: 10.1 cm (4 in.)
cul
Iran, Luristan
accession
1963.95
Source extras
tec
silver, repoussé, engraved
tombstone
Hero and Animal Combat Beaker, 900–700 BCE. Iran, Luristan. Silver, repoussé, engraved; diameter: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.); overall: 10.1 cm (4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of K. Rabenou, 1963.95
collection
Near Eastern Art
didYouKnow
Repoussé is a technique of hammering into metal to create designs and figures.
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 11
citation
Shepherd, Dorothy G. “Four Early Silver Objects from Iran.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 2 (February 1966): 38–50.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 45, fig. 10
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 11
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 4
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
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Reproduced: p. 7
creditline
Gift of K. Rabenou
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2026-05-29 07:10:31.720000
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140084
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Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
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Near Eastern Art
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silver, repoussé, engraved
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photo
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