Lobed bowl with a royal inscription
A shallow silver bowl with a ring of raised, teardrop-shaped lobes radiating from a plain central boss. An inscription runs around the rim, and the polished surface catches soft light against a dark ground. The form follows Achaemenid metalwork of the fifth century BCE.
Look closer: A small chip interrupts the rim on the right edge, and the inscription band circles the whole rim.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 465–424 BCE
- Medium
- Silver
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3811 × 3053 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -424).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1947