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Horse's collar with winged sphinxes
Near Eastern, Anatolian, Urartian
Iron Age
late 9th to 7th century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: eastern Anatolia
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
33.02 x 6.35 x 58.42 cm (13 x 2 1/2 x 23 in.)
Credit Line
Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number1976.5
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Animal-related
DescriptionBronze horse's collar decorated with winged sphinxes. The collar is composed of two pieces, hinged at the top and designed to fit around the upper part of the horse's neck. It would have served as the anchor for the headstall, which fastened to it behind the horse's ears.
ProvenanceBy 1975, Mohammad Yeganeh (dealer; b. 1929 - d. 2012), London; 1976, sold by Mohammad Yeganeh to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1976)
NOTE: Said at the time of the acquisition to be from a large tomb in eastern Anatolia.
NOTE: Said at the time of the acquisition to be from a large tomb in eastern Anatolia.