8th-7th century BC. A bronze rectangular belt plaque with one rolled edge, fixing rivet to each corner, loop and suspension ring to the rolled rim, repoussé grid with eight profile figures of a warrior standing wearing a conical helmet and ankle-length robe with a long fringed edges, shield to the body, sword scabbard visible behind the knee, sling(?) held in one hand and the other hand raised with fingers extended; mounted on a custom-made stand. See ?????, C. A., ?????????? VI-V ??. ?? ?. ?. ? ????? ?????????, - ??, 1965; Born, H., Seidl U., Schutzwaffen aus Assyrien und Urartu, Sammlung Axel Guttmann IV, Mainz, 1995; Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003 in Russian, esp. pl. LIX fig.1-4. 411 grams total, 16cm including stand (6 1/4"). From an important Mayfair collection formed before 1990. This piece of armour with its magnificent decoration is outstanding evidence of the high quality of Urartian punching and honing techniques. Caucasian bronze belts are usually richly ornamented, often by punching or embossing, and the degree of decoration increases with the width of the belt. This directly indicates that the increased decoration and ideological saturation of the different subjects are directly related to improving the quality of the warriors' profane functions, and altogether increases its reliability and protective functions. It served as armour for the warrior and was used for carrying daggers, knives and a grindstone. The ends of the belt were provided with one or two ring holes for fastening around the waist.