Bronze and iron : ancient Near Eastern artifacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988. — 504 pp. — (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series). — ISBN 0-87099-525-1.Over six hundred bronze and iron items are illustrated, described and discussed in terms of their formal and stylistic aspects, cultural background, function and chronology. **Foreword by Philippe de Montebello.Introduction.Iran.**Northwest Iran, Excavated Objects.__The Hasanlu Project.__Northwest Iran, General Objects.Northeast Iran, Excavated Objects.__Yarim Tepe, Tepe Hissar, Shahr-i-Qumis.__Luristan.__The Luristan Bronzes.____Animal Finials, Master-of-Animals Standards, and Decorated Tubes.____Horse Cheekpieces.__Tepe Nush-i Jan, Excavated Objects.__Tepe Nush-i Jan.__Achaemenian Objects.__Pasargadae and Persepolis.__Elamite, General Iranian, and Parthian and Sasanian Objects.__Elamite, General Iranian, and Parthian and Sasanian Artifacts.__**Mesopotamia.**Excavated Objects.__Nippur.Nimrud.Balawat.__General Objects.**South Arabia.**General Objects.**Levant.**Excavated Objects.__Tawilan.__General Objects.__North Syria.__**Near East.**General Objects.**Anatolia.**Early Bronze Age Anatolia.Phrygians and Urartians: Iron Age Anatolia.**Caucasus.**General Objects.**Miscellaneous Objects.** New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988. — 504 pp. — (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series). — ISBN 0-87099-525-1. Over six hundred bronze and iron items are illustrated, described and discussed in terms of their formal and stylistic aspects, cultural background, function and chronology. Foreword by Philippe de Montebello. Introduction. Iran. Northwest Iran, Excavated Objects. The Hasanlu Project. Northwest Iran, General Objects. Northeast Iran, Excavated Objects. Yarim Tepe, Tepe Hissar, Shahr-i-Qumis. Luristan. The Luristan Bronzes. Animal Finials, Master-of-Animals Standards, and Decorated Tubes. Horse Cheekpieces. Tepe Nush-i Jan, Excavated Objects. Tepe Nush-i Jan. Achaemenian Objects. Pasargadae and Persepolis. Elamite, General Iranian, and Parthian and Sasanian Objects. Elamite, General Iranian, and Parthian and Sasanian Artifacts. Mesopotamia. Excavated Objects. Nippur. Nimrud. Balawat. General Objects. South Arabia. General Objects. Levant. Excavated Objects. Tawilan. General Objects. North Syria. Near East. General Objects. Anatolia. Early Bronze Age Anatolia. Phrygians and Urartians: Iron Age Anatolia. Caucasus. General Objects. Miscellaneous Objects. This volume catalogues more than six hundred bronze and iron objects in the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each is illustrated and discussed in terms of its formal and stylistic aspects, cultural background, function, and chronology. Bibliographic citations present comparative material relevant to each object. - Book jacket Oscar White Muscarella. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 460-480.