Lot Essay
For related pins see nos. 22-41 in Merhav, et al., Urartu, A Metalworking Center in the First Millennium B.C.E.
CIRCA LATE 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
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TWO URARTIAN PINS
circa late 8th-7th century b.c.
One of silver, the tapering pin topped with a perforated disk, two disk moldings, a ribbed globe, a thin disk, and three griffin protomes surmounted by a lion; and one of bronze, the tapering pin topped with a perforated disk with ornamental moldings, a beaded cylinder, and a fluted globe surmounted by a sphinx on a rectangular plinth
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high for the first (2)
circa late 8th-7th century b.c.
One of silver, the tapering pin topped with a perforated disk, two disk moldings, a ribbed globe, a thin disk, and three griffin protomes surmounted by a lion; and one of bronze, the tapering pin topped with a perforated disk with ornamental moldings, a beaded cylinder, and a fluted globe surmounted by a sphinx on a rectangular plinth
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high for the first (2)