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This bronze tool, or fork, has two long prongs and is attached to its handle with a heart shaped decorative element.

The small town and fortress of Qasr-i Abu Nasr is located near Shiraz in southern Iran at a strategic point at the intersection of defensive mountains, available water sources, and along roads entering the Shiraz plain. The site was excavated by archaeologists from The Metropolitan Museum of Art for three seasons from 1932-1935. The town was occupied, at least intermittently, from the Parthian period (3rd century B.C.–3rd century A.D.) to the Muzaffarid period (13th-14th century A.D.). The major occupation, including the extensive fortress, dates to the Late Sasanian period (6th...

c. 6th-7th century A.D.
Bronze
2.2cm
34.107.78
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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