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Asien, Turkiet, Central Anatolia, probably Alaca Hüyük (tomb). |
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Jug and handle are made out from one single sheet of gold, which is embossed and ca 1 mm thick. The outturned rim was originally with a spout. Flat, vertical handle where the lower end, which is narrower in the middle, is fastened onto the shoulder of the jug. The concave neck and the shoulder are plain and without ornamentation. The lower rounded body has a linear decoration consisting of three s...
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Jug and handle are made out from one single sheet of gold, which is embossed and ca 1 mm thick. The outturned rim was originally with a spout. Flat, vertical handle where the lower end, which is narrower in the middle, is fastened onto the shoulder of the jug. The concave neck and the shoulder are plain and without ornamentation. The lower rounded body has a linear decoration consisting of three stripes in embossed relief. The upper and lower ones contain a wave pattern, whereas the central one is divided into hatched triangles pointing alternately up and down. Two rhomboids are inserted too. Flat base wtih two incised, encircling grooves.
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Though the origin of the jug is not indicated, it can probably be connected with the Early Bronze Age culture in Central Anatolia, especially with Alaca Hüyük and its artistically and tecnically super...
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Though the origin of the jug is not indicated, it can probably be connected with the Early Bronze Age culture in Central Anatolia, especially with Alaca Hüyük and its artistically and tecnically superb metalwork production.
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Donation of the Hungarian-American professor Georg von Békésy (1899-1972). He was leader of the research-department at the Hungarian Telephone Company until he left Hungary in 1946. After spending a p...
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Donation of the Hungarian-American professor Georg von Békésy (1899-1972). He was leader of the research-department at the Hungarian Telephone Company until he left Hungary in 1946. After spending a period at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm (1946-1947), professor at Harvard University (1947-1966), and after that he served at the University of Hawaii. In 1961, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm. His good relations to Sweden resulted in several donations received by Swedish Museums in 1972. The numbers connected with the objects in these donations are still those given by von Békésy himself.
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Virgin, Jan, ed. 1974 The Georg von Békésy Collection, Malmö, pp. 32-33. Antike Kunstwerke 1960, no 165.
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Förvärvad av Békésy, Georg von.
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Funnen i Central Anatolia, probably Alaca Hüyük (tomb)., Turkiet, Asien.
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Ägd av Nobelstiftelsen.
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Material, engelska<itemMaterial> |
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Height / Höjd: 17,7 cm.
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Width / Bredd: 15 cm.
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- jug
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Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet |
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