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Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, roe deer, accession number 9-16825, described as Pendant in the form of a Roe Deer. Rack of hrons over head. Pierced laterally through back. Crusty green patina. Stubby tail. Right hind leg missing, old gap in center back of piece. L. 3.5 cm. Ht. 2.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, roe deer, accession number 9-16833, described as Pendant in the form of Roe Deer. Rack of horns over head. Pierced through the shoulder. Crusty green patina. Minimal articulation of legs. L. 3.0 cm. Ht. 2.3 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Pendant, sheep, accession number 9-16834, described as Pendant in the form of a sheep. Long curled horns, pointed muzzle. Pierced laterallly through back. Green patina. Left rear leg has sprue still attached. L. 3.2 cm. Ht. 2.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Pin, accession number 9-16791, described as Pin; enalrged club-like head; four strictures below head; tapers to a point which is now lost. Green patina. L. 16.0 cm. Club-headed pins, with or without decoration appear in the late 3rd millennium. Ribbed forms were found in Luristan at Tepe Giyan I and at Sialk B. Parallel types were found at Khurvin, Talish in the Caucasus, as well as numerous quantities from Luristan clandestine digs and from the Dum Surkh shrine.

Hearst Museum object titled Pin, accession number 9-16795, described as Pin. Long tapering shaft. Flat top with schematicized standing bird. Four concentric projections below. Green/brown patina. v-shaped incised desins on top of shank. L. 24 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Pin, accession number 9-16792, described as Pin. Stylized poppy head, semi-domed elevated projection on top; three projections, each with an indentation ringed with a ridge around central ovary. Mostly dark brown patina. L. 13.8 cm. Pins with bulbous tops, surmounted by a flat disc are found in norther Mesopotamia by the early 2nd mil. B.C. at Brak, Chagar Bazar, Tepe Gawra and slightly later at Nuzi. Pins similar to this example are reported from Amlash and Luristan.

Hearst Museum object titled Pin, accession number 9-16796, described as Pin, disk head; round shank with flattened swelling below head. Head decorated with incised 5 pointed star filled with tiny hammered dots arranged in rows; repousse central boss and boss at tip of each point of the star. Green/brown patina. L. 14 cm. Diam. of head 5.0 cm. This type of pin was widely worn in Western Persia and is known from the Inshushinak deposit at Susa, as well as Marlik, Khurvin and Talish. Normally the star chased in the Luristan pins is 6 pointed with its prototype an 8 pointed star, the primary symbol for Ishtar and coming from Mesopotamia.

Hearst Museum object titled Pin, accession number 9-16789, described as Pin. Long shaft, flat swelling (hammered) below circular disck head. Head decorated with slightly raised central umbo incised with a six(?) pointed sar or rosette surrounded by two raised concentric circles which are covered with incised cross-hatching. A circular frieze stylized alternating bud and flower motif is surrounded by two raised concentric circles. Green brown patin. Excellent condition. L. 33.8 cm Max. Diz. of head 9.6 cm.

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