
Sculpture and Figurines
Stone
Iraq
Field Museum of Natural History [2002.1.134]
Import restricted since 1990, section II.G.2.b of 2008 designated list.
Date: Hellenistic-Seleucid (331-138 BC); Parthian (138 BC-AD 224); Sasanian (AD 224-636)
Decorative motifs on friezes include bead and reel, egg and dart, interlocking geometric designs, Greek key, meanders, vines, acanthus plants, laurels, grapes, palmettes, arcades, human busts and masks, and mythological subjects.