Category:Fork Sb 3740

**Two-toothed fork deorated with a horse head. Susa (Iran)**
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Instance of	fork;
Made from material	silver;
Location	Room 310, Sully Wing, Louvre Palace, 1st arrondissement of Paris, Paris Centre, Paris, Grand Paris, France
Country of origin	Persian Empire;
Creator	unknown value;
Location of discovery	Susa;
Owned by	French State;
Location of creation	Susa;
Collection	Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre;
Inventory number	Sb 3740 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre);
Inception	1st millennium (before 7th century, after 5th century);
Width	3.2 cm;
Height	23.9 cm;
Authority file
	Q112288086; Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010177653
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Two-toothed fork deorated with a horse head. Susa (Iran)

Artist

Unknown author

Title

French:

Fourchette à deux dents et tête de cheval. Suse (Iran)

Two-toothed fork deorated with a horse head. Susa (Iran)

Object type

fork

Date

between 5^th century and 7^th century

Medium

silver

Dimensions

height: 23.9 cm (9.4 in)

; width: 3.2 cm (1.2 in)

; thickness: 0.8 cm (0.3 in)

Collection

Louvre Museum (Inventory)

	Native name	Louvre Museum
	Location	Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois , France
	Coordinates	48° 51′ 40″ N, 2° 20′ 09″ E
	Established	10 August 1793
	Website	www.louvre.fr
	Authority file	: Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 000000012260177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat

Current location

Mésopotamie, room 16: Mésopotamie, Iran, Levant. Sully, ground floor.
This work is part of the collections of the Louvre (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities).

Accession number

Sb 3740 (Department of Near Eastern Antiquities of the Louvre)

Place of creation

Susa

Place of discovery

Susa

Object history