Luristan bronze standard with panther heads
- By Galerie Alte Römer
- 29 May 2016
This type of object is often called master-of-animals sceptre by dealers, archeologist and museums, but actually, no one knows what it is or what it has been used for. The archeologist Roger Moorey speculates that it might have been a household god figurine. Like the ones mentioned in the Old Testament and called teraphim there.
Luristan bronze standard with panther heads: 