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Collections

Whetstone Socket1350-1000 B.C.

Not on view
Small handled object with a pale stone or bone cylindrical grip and a turquoise-green patinated bronze boar-head terminal, photographed diagonally against a gray background

Unknown, Whetstone Socket, 1350-1000 B.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Whetstone Socket
Place Made
Iran, Luristan
Date Made
1350-1000 B.C.
Period
Iron Age I
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
Socket: 1 3/4 x 1 in. (4.6 x 1.8 cm); Hone: 4 1/4 in. (11 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.520
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.