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Gazelle Head (Diadem fragment)

Length of whole piece, 14.5cm, length of head alone, 2.3cm, diameter of hanging discs, 1.1cm.

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Schimmel Foundation Inc.

200 BCE-200 CE 2nd century BCE-1st century CE Parthian period -200 200

Parthian

Title: Gazelle Head (Diadem fragment)

Description:

Length of whole piece, 14.

5cm, length of head alone, 2.

3cm, diameter of hanging discs, 1.

1cm.

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