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Crown with Goddesses and Ibexes

Phoenician (Artist)
10th-9th century BCE
gold
(Ancient Near East , Jewelry)

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

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.

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.

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

(Place of Origin) Syria, Latakia (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

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

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929

Location in Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Treasury

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

57.968

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600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
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