A Western Asiatic Gold Pendant, ca. early 1st millennium BCE Sculpture - Varia The iconography occurs on many

The iconography occurs on many pins but it is not limited to them

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Condition: Intact and in very good condition overallDimensions: Length: 2

with a similar scene

Sotheby Parke Bernet

A Western Asiatic Gold Pendant, ca. early 1st millennium BCE Sculpture - Varia The iconography occurs on manyOf high karat gold, the sheet disk embossed with three reclining mouflon, centered by a hemispherical knob, the knob outlined in pinched dots, the disk surmounted by a suspension loop. This gold pendant attests to the exceptional skill of Achaemenid goldsmiths. Greek writers often speak of the tremendous wealth of the Persians, and Herodotus writes that King Xerxes' troops "were adorned with the greatest magnificence they glittered all over with gold,