Luristan bronze pin with a seven-pointed star
- By Galerie Alte Römer
- 28 Jan 2018
This pin is decorated with a seven-pointed star - but it has nothing to do with Game of Thrones. It is rather a very distinct type for Iron Age Luristan in what is today Iran. The highly developed bronze works of Luristan form a unique fusion between the art of the Near Eastern civilizations and the nomadic peoples living in the wide open spaces of the steppe.
This particular pin design with a large decorated head evolved in no other culture. It is a distinguishing Luristan type of artefact.
Disc-headed pin from Luristan