Bronze Age Iran at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Some of the art here is from the Bronze Age in Iran; some is from Iraq and Turkey.

Lion and Bull in Combat
Iran (Persepolis, stairway facade of Palace H)
Achaemenid, attributed to the reign of Artaxerxes III, 358-338 B.C.
Limestone

"Palace-ware" jug
Urartian, 9th-7th centuries B.C.
Red-polished pottery

Winged protective deity
Northern Iraq (from the Northwest Palace at Calakh)
Assyrian, reign of Assurnasirpal II, 883-859 B.C.
Alabaster

Lion from the Processional Way
Iraq (Babylon), Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 604-561 B.C.

Drinking cup in the shape of a fist
Central Turkey, Hittite

Another view:  Drinking cup in the shape of a fist
Central Turkey, Hittite

Funerary animal figurines
Northwest Iran (Caspian coastal region)
Iron Age, about 1100-800 B.C.
Bronze

Note:  There's still more art here from my visit to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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