Golden cup of Hasanlu | |
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Material | gold |
Size | height:21 cm diameter:21 cm |
Created | 800BC |
Period/culture | civilization before Medes |
Discovered | 1958 |
Place | Teppeh Hasanlu, Iran by Robert Dyson |
Present location | National Museum of Iran |
The Golden bowl of Hasanlu (Persian: جام طلای حسنلو) is an ancient artefact, a cup or bowl in gold, decorated in relief, and now in the National Museum of Iran. It was discovered by Robert H. Dyson in 1958 while excavating the site of Teppeh Hasanlu, near the city of Naghadeh, in northwest Iran. The bowl is estimated to date from about 800 BC.[1]