Medallion from Marlik, Iran, 1200-800 BCE [d/b]

**Marlik cemetery, golden sun disc from grave 26 with granulation decoration, compared to a gold disc with punched decoration (after Negahban 1996, no. 183, p. 341)** [**Barbara Helwing**]

“cemetery of Marlik in the Sepidrud valley of Gilan, which dates back to the end of the Late Bronze and the early Iron Ages, has yielded a wealth of gold and silver objects, among which sets of gold and silver vessels and jewellery items (Negahban 1996). Of the jewellery, only a few gold items, such as an earring (Negahban 1996, no. 202) and a sun disc pendant (Negahban 1996, no. 183), are made with true granulation. Other jewellery discs were decorated instead with small punches and holes in an apparent attempt to imitate the effect of granulation” [Barbara Helwing]

https://rosewatersaffron.wordpress.com/2017/10/01/iran-exhibition-bundeskunsthalle/

Patterns of early metallurgy on the Iranian Plateau, from the beginnings to the end of the Bronze Age
Barbara Helwing https://books.openedition.org/momeditions/12567

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