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Pin terminating in three eagles’ heads. 8th–7th century BC, Armenia (Kingdom of Ararat), Silver. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Period: Iron Age III
Date: ca. 7th century B.C.
Geography: Urartu
Culture: Urartian
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 3.19 in. (8.1 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Ornaments
Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989

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Statuette of a bull. Kingdom of Van-Ararat. 10th-8th century BC.

Source: Nazaryan, G. Statuette of a bull. [Facebook post]. Retrieved from http://tinyurl.com/q63o478

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