Gold cups from Marlik, Northern Iran, ca. 1000 BC

Golden cup from the Necropolis of Marlik, Iran, 1000 BC.

Two headed Dragon Cup, Iran, Jam-e-Marlik, 1000 BC.

Golden cup from the Necropolis of Marlik, Iran, 1000 BC. 

Marlik gold cup, northern Iran, Gilan, ca 1000 BC.

Cup with a frieze of gazelles, Marlik, Northern Iran, ca. 1000 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

The Hyrcanian Golden cup. Dated first half of first millennium. Excavated at Kalardasht in Mazandaran, Iran.

Marlik gold cup, Northern Iran, 1200- 1400 BCE. H:13.3 cm. Diam :6 cm. Miho museum, Japan.

Goblet with Bulls, Marlik (?), Northwestern Iranian, 12th-11th century B.C.E. Gold, H. 16.5 cm. Miho Museum, Japan.

Cup with Vultures and Gazelles, Marlik (?), Northwestern Iranian, 12th-11th century B.C.E. Gold. H. 13.7 cm. Miho Museum, Japan.