Luristan bronze - Wikipedia
WEBLuristan bronzes (rarely "Lorestān", "Lorestāni" etc. in sources in English) are small cast objects decorated with bronze sculpture from the Early Iron Age which have been found in large numbers in Lorestān Province and Kermanshah in western Iran. [1]
Lorestan province - Wikipedia
WEBLorestan province (Persian: استان لرستان) [ a ] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad. [ 6 ] Lorestan is in the western part of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km 2. In 2014 it was placed in Region 4.
BRONZES OF LURISTAN – Encyclopaedia Iranica
WEBDec 15, 1989 · BRONZES OF LURISTAN, the accepted term for a distinct body of metalwork produced in the first half of the first millennium B.C. and characterized by a wide range of idiosyncratic forms and a highly stylized conception of human and animal representation. These bronzes are to be distinguished from material excavated in Luristan but belonging to ...
Lorestān | Zagros Mountains, Plateau & Provinces | Britannica
WEBLorestān, geographic and historic region, western Iran. Its name means Land of the Lurs and it extends from the Iraqi frontier and Kermānshāh and separates the Khūzestān lowland from interior uplands. Extensive mountains stretch northwest–southeast; between the higher ranges are well-watered.
Loristan Bronzes: a glimpse into their mystery - ancient.com
WEBHowever, of ancient highlights of the under-the-radar destination are the Luristan Bronzes that comprise small cast objects decorated with bronze sculptures from the Early Iron Age, found in large numbers in Lorestan and its neighboring Kermanshah province.
The mystery of the Luristan Bronzes still puzzles archaeologists
WEBJan 6, 2022 · The deluge of Luristan bronzes began in fall 1928 in the sleepy town of Harsin, some 20 miles east of Kermanshah. A local farmer uncovered several beautiful bronze objects in his fields and sold...
Luristan Bronze | Ancient, Persian, Artifacts | Britannica
WEBLuristan Bronze, any of the horse trappings, utensils, weapons, jewelry, belt buckles, and ritual and votive objects of bronze probably dating from roughly 1500–500 bce that have been excavated since the late 1920s in the Harsin, Khorramābād, and Alishtar valleys of the Zagros Mountains in the Lorestān region of western Iran.
Penn Museum Applied Sciences | The Metallurgy of Bronzes from …
WEBThe archaeological research of the Belgian expedition in Luristan directed by the late Prof. Louis Vanden Berghe provided ample evidence that copper-alloy metallurgy flourished in Luristan from the 3rd into the 1st millennium B.C.
The Holmes Expeditions to Luristan | Institute for the Study of …
WEBThe first Holmes Luristan Expedition was directed by him during October and November 1935, when he excavated the primarily Chalcolithic and Bronze Age sites of Kamtarlan I and II and Chigha Sabz; the second in May and June 1938, when work was concentrated on a shrine of the mature Iron Age on the slopes of Surkh Dum-i-Luri mountain.
A Collection of Bronzes from Luristan - Museum Bulletin
WEBLuristan, the land of the Lurs, is the highland of Persia on the border of Mesopotamia, between Hamadan and Shushan the Palace, on both banks of the river Kercha. The Lurs, cousins of the Kurds, are ancient native mountaineers, preserving up to the present, despite so many invasions, their language and independence.