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Assyrian art is singled out as the predominant inspiration for a series of bronzes produced between the 9th and the 7th century B.c. (Groups 42-44, 46-47, 158- ## 159). A list of inscriptions from the classified bronzes (pp. 161-174) is followed by an outline of Ghirshman's Cimmerian theory about the origin and distribution of the bronzes (pp. 168-170). Calmeyer rejects the Cimmerian theory and sees the bronzes rather as expressions of the military and political interests in the region by Elamite and Babylonian officials who dedicated them. It is plausibly assumed that some bronzes may have been displaced through theft or plunder in antiquity. In the chapter on local bronzes from western Iran (pp I175-176), the author expresses his uncertainty in ascribing to Luristan some bronzes for which parallels are found in Mesopotamia, Elam or Assyria. A number of bronzes classified as direct imports from Mesopotamia and Elam are isolated in the chapter on imports and exports (pp. 177-184). The significance of this imported category, however, remains unclear in view of the typological resemblance between some of these bronzes and the "local" groups of Calmeyer's classification. This impressi

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Author

H. W. Catling

Published

1972

Language

FY

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)