7th-6th century BC. A bronze bowl with the outer face divided into two decorative low-relief scenes; the upper frieze with five war chariots drawn by a horse and bull, in each chariot a soldier with raised trident, two trees in the field; the lower relief with five standing female figures (goddess Ishtar or Sala?) dressed in sheer garments, a large mythical flower between each figure. See Black, J. & Green, A., An illustrated dictionary Gods, Demons and Symbols of ancient Mesopotamia, The British Museum Press, 1992.128 grams, 77mm (3"). From a private collection; previously acquired in 2015; formerly in a private collection, since the 1980s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by IADAA certificate number no.14042020/1028. The barley stalk or ear of corn brandished by the warriors driving the chariots is usually the symbol of the goddess Sala. An image of the goddess Sala, holding a barley stalk, drawn on a clay tablet with an astronomical text, can be found at Uruk (modern Warka) and dating to the Seleucid Period.