Crown with Goddesses and Ibexes

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This gold crown of nine rectangular plaques in stamped relief depicts fertility goddesses and ibexes.

Exhibitions

Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.

Provenance Found near Latakiyeh [according to dealer Fahim Kouchakji]; Baurat Adolf Schiller; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague, 1929; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929

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Creator

Phoenician (Artist)

Period

10th-9th century BCE

Medium

gold
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

Accession Number

57.968

Measurements

4 9/16 x 6 1/2 in. (11.6 x 16.5 cm) (h. x diam.)

Geography

Syria, Latakia (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury