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Date: 1100–1000 BCE
Medium: gold, low relief repoussé and incised
Culture: Iran, Marlik
Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art

The nomadic gold- and silversmiths of Marlik and Amlash were the first masters of precious metalwork in Iran. Their successors were the bronze workers of Luristan and the silversmiths of the Achaemenian and Sasanian empires, whose masterpieces are shown elsewhere in this gallery.

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