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Armored Belt Fragment

Date

6th century B.C.

Medium

Bronze

Culture

Near Eastern (Urartian)

Department

Implements

Institution

Getty Museum

The image of a lion decorates this heavily corroded bronze fragment from an armored belt. Scenes of chariots, horsemen and archers hunting lions, bulls and other animals are typical decorative motifs on Urartian belts. A hole preserved along the upper edge would have been used to attach the fragment to the leather strap of the belt.

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