A Statuette of a Bird from the 15th–14th centuries BC, was found in
Lchashen, Armenia. It is now in the
History Museum of Armenia's collection under the number 2009-50.[1]
Description
The statuette of a bird is a bronze sculpture of a bird sitting on a pedestal measuring 17.5 x 12.2 x 3.3 cm, with a long neck and tail. Its round, convex eyes formerly had coloured incrustations in the depressions of the center. The body is hollow, and has wedge-shaped openings on the breast and sides to create the wings. The bird's wings, breasts, and tail are decorated by a linear pattern. The pedestal is a square column with an anchorshaped base covered in triangular holes and linear patterns. The anchor ends are terminated by a miniature sculpture of a frog that has bulging eyes and a large mouth.[2]
^Հայացք բրոնզե դարից, Ալբոմ-կատալոգ, Հայաստանի պատմության թանգարան, 2016, 160 էջ: A Glance from the Bronze Age. Yerevan, History Museum of Armenia, 2016, 160 pages.
Further reading
View from the Bronze Age, album-catalog, History Museum of Armenia, 2010
Harutyun Mnatsakanyan, The Main Stages of Lchashen's Development of Culture, Yerevan, 1968
Hasmik Israelian, Cults and Beliefs in the Late Bronze Age of Armenia, Yerevan, 1973