8th-7th century BC. A broad hammered bronze military belt or cuirass band, the register decorated in chased low-relief with hunting scenes including a leaping lion, a mounted huntsman, a chariot with driver and bowman, a stylised tree with vertical florets, a rosette or sun-wheel; raised ribs between the friezes and to the outer edges; perforated around the edges for attachment to a leather lining; mounted on a custom-made stand. See ?????, ?.?., ?????????? 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.1.3 kg total, 36cm including stand (14 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired on the London art market before 2000; believed to have been previously part of the Axel Guttmann collection.