Urartian Belt Ornament in the Form of a Bird Demon in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Belt ornament in the form of a bird demon

Period: Iron Age III

Date: late 8th-7th Century BC

Geography: Urartu

Medium: Bronze

Dimensions: 3.23 x 4.57 in. (8.2 x 11.61 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Ornament

Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989

Accession Number: 1989.281.19

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Composite creatures are often represented in Urartian art. This example depicts a fish-tailed, winged griffin that is related to similar composite creatures seen in relief in Urartian belts. The object is a buckle that was originally attached over one end of a belt, the other holding the catch.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.