CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

This elegant beaker is raised from a single sheet of hammered gold. It is funnel-shaped, on a flat, splayed base, with a wide rim off-set by a ridge in relief on the exterior. The form is exactly matched by a pair now in Kuwait, see pp. 60-61 in D. Freeman, ed., Splendors of the Ancient East: Antiquities from The al-Sabah Collection.