Griffin-shaped Horse Bit

Collection number	銅050-0342
Provenance	Luristan, Iran
Period	Iron Age
Date	10th-8th Century BCE
Material	Copper Alloy
Dimension	H. 11.8 cm
Comment	Speaking of creatures of fancy with wings, the Griffin and Pegasus of Greek mythology come to mind. Their origins are in the Orient, and the oldest images of them are seen in seals from Susa, southwestern Iran, from the third millennium BC. Those images are seen frequently afterwards around Assyria of the ninth to seventh centuries BC. As for the imaginative animal of Sumer/Babylonia, the composition beast, which has elements of the bird of prey, is rare, because southern Mesopotamia, where early civilization occurred, has few large birds of prey.
Classification	bronze harness
Keywords	Green Cool, Strong, Mystic Western Asia, Iran, Western Iran, Luristan Iron Age, Iranian Iron Age, Iranian Iron Age 2 Metal, Copper, Copper alloy Harness, Horse bit Creature, Tetrapoda, Horned animal, Sacred animal, Griffin
資料ID	2139