A Rare Luristan Silver Master of Animals Finial, ca. 8th century BCE Tools & Weapons and minor chips to face

and minor chips to face and body

Among the domestic arts of ancient Egypt

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since it was first established and worked in the community in various pastoral care roles including cooking for the sick or the elderly

and incised concentric ring on the exterior

A Rare Luristan Silver Master of Animals Finial, ca. 8th century BCE Tools & Weapons and minor chips to faceThis fine openwork finial, cast using the lost wax method, comprises a figural register in a heavy square frame supported by a hollow shank. The top of the shank is defined by a pair of concentric ribs, between which a small loop, perhaps for a suspension chain, extends from the left. A long iron pin, separately made, extended up to the top of the shank but is now missing. The inside border of the frame is embellished with herringbone hatching. As the