A metal belt in the Orumiyeh museum, Iran

Behrouz Khanmohammadi; Annarita S. Bonfanti; Maryam Abbaszadeh; Roberto Dan

doi:10.32028/ajnes.v15i1-2.1304

Authors

Behrouz Khanmohammadi
Annarita S. Bonfanti
Maryam Abbaszadeh
Roberto Dan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32028/ajnes.v15i1-2.1304

Keywords:

Metalworks, belts, Southern Caucasus, Iran, Orumiyeh

Abstract

This article discusses a bronze belt kept in the Orumiyeh Museum. The belt, almost completely preserved, has a geometric decoration consisting of five parallel bands filled with small embossed dots: this kind of decoration has many parallels spread from the Southern Caucasus to the north-western region of Iran (mainly from the site of Hasanlu). In this contribution, the authors analyse the belt’s morphology and decoration, and identify a series of finds that resemble this specimen, proposing in the end a possible local origin for this kind of motif.

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