Stemmed cup decorated with animals from Ursdon

Culture
Sasanian
Date
6th to 7th century
Medium
Silver with gilding
Dimensions
8.3 cm height (without stem)
Weight
-
Form
Cup
Stemmed
Inscription
-
Graffiti
-
Collection
State Hermitage Museum
КЗ-5322
FindSpot
Ursdon, Russia

Image credit

Trever and Lukonin 1987: T. 112.

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Notes on dating, attribution, imagery, or markings

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Image credit

1-4: Trever and Lukonin 1987: T. 109-112.

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Bibliography

Inclusion in key Eurasian silver publications

Trever, K. V., and V. G. Lukonin. Sasanidskoe serebro: sobranie Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha: khudozhestvenniia kul’tura Irana III-VIII vekov. Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1987.

Additional Publications

Adamova, A. T., and A. B. Nikitin, eds. Iran v Ermitazhe: Formirovanie kollektsii. Saint Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishing House, 2004.

Pchelina, E. G. “Ursdonskoe ushchel’e v Severnoi Osetii.” Trudy otdela Vostoka Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha 4 (1947): 135-154.

Trever, K. V. “Sasanidskii Serebrianyi kubok iz Ursdonskogo ushchel’ia v Severnoi Osetii.” Trudy otdela Vostoka Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha 4 (1947): 119-132.