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.
Donor:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Collection place:
Iran (Persia)
Verbatim coll. place:
Iran, late 2nd to early 1st millennium BC
Collector:
Bruno A. Schiro and Mary R. Schiro
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Pins (fasteners)
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 3 millimeters, width 50 millimeters, and length 138 millimeters