4 Items Tagged "Iran"

“Striding Man” Iran 3000 BC

I. Proto-elamite striding figure. 1. This artwork is a sculpture of a muscular, bearded, male humanoid figure in mid-stride, with arms flexed. He is naked apart from a…

Dieties kneeling beside sacred tree

This artwork from Iran depicts 2 deities kneeling beside the sacred tree, the same tree that Nisroch is depicted as watering with his bucket of water. They have…

Copper Dagger

This image relates to “Striding man”. This is a copper dagger made in Iran around 3000 BC, the same time and place as “Striding man” was made. This…

Kneeling Bull Holding a Spouted Vessel

The kneeling bull is a small silver relic, holding a vessel with a spout and wearing human robes. The pattern of the said fabric is an interlocking lock…