Ladle, from a group of miniature objects found together in Timna Cemetery, Tomb 12

Object Details

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Wadi Bayhan, Yemen

• Credit Line

  Gift of The American Foundation for the Study of Man (Wendell and Merilyn Phillips Collection)

• Type

  Ceremonial Object

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 0s

• Place

  Wadi Bayhan

• Topic

  Bronze, Utensils, Art, Sculpture, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Wendell and Merilyn Phillips collection, Funerary, Offering, Metal-work, Yemen

• Culture

  Middle Easterners

• Object Type

  Miniatures, Ceremonial objects