English: Bowl raised from a single sheet of silver, parcel-gilt. On the inside a gilt scale medallion with a rosette in the center. The rows of the fish scale pattern are staggered. The medallion is framed first by a narrow silver strip and then by a gilt 'Achaemenid stepped battlement frieze'. Above the frieze there is a floral scroll framed by a gilt wave meander. Beneath the lip of the vessel there is a gilt 'Achaemenid stepped battlement frieze'. The ornamental friezes are set off by turned grooves. Undecorated exterior.

Bowl with Scale Medallion and Tendril Frieze; Unknown; 100–1 B.C.; Silver with gilding; 4.9 × 15.9 cm, 0.2879 kg (1 15/16 × 6 1/4 in., 5/8 lb.); 81.AM.84.9; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/)

Title: Bowl with Scale Medallion and Tendril Frieze

Artist/Maker: Unknown

Date: 100–1 B.C.

Medium: Silver with gilding

Dimensions: 4.9 × 15.9 cm, 0.2879 kg (1 15/16 × 6 1/4 in., 5/8 lb.)

Place: Eastern Hellenistic Empire (Place Created)

Culture: Near Eastern (Parthian)

Object Number: 81.AM.84.9

Inscription(s): Traces of an Aramaic inscription on the exterior beneath the rim.

Alternate Titles: Bowl with a Central Rosette (Alternate Title)

Department: Antiquities

Classification: Vessel

Object Type:

Bowl