Antique Middle Eastern Bactrian Bronze Mirror with 2 Snakes, 200 BC-100 AD

Description

• Primary Material:Bronze, Original////Reproduction:Original
• Age:200BC-100 AD, Original//Reproduction:Original
• Region Of Origin:Middle East

Antique Middle Eastern bronze mirror with 2 snakes, 1500BC-1000 AD There are 2 shakes chasing each other and biting the tail of another snake. Diameter: 84 mm = 8.4 cm Weight: 65.59g Central knob: small with preserved hole inside Condition: thick patina all over, no defects. Provenance: found in Afghanistan, then private collection in Florida, USA Serpent (symbolism) The serpent, or snake, is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols. The word is derived from Latin serpens, a crawling animal or snake. Snakes have been associated with some of the oldest rituals known to humankind[1][2] and represent dual expression[3] of good and evil.[4] In some cultures, snakes were fertility symbols. For example, the Hopi people of North America performed an annual snake dance to celebrate the union of Snake Youth (a Sky spirit) and Snake Girl (an Underworld spirit) and to renew the fertility of Nature. During the dance, live snakes were handled and at the end of the dance the snakes were released into the fields to guarantee good crops. The snake dance is a prayer to the spirits of the clouds, the thunder and the lightning, that the rain may fall on the growing crops. [5] In other cultures, snakes symbolized the umbilical cord, joining all humans to Mother Earth. The Great Goddess often had snakes as her familiarssometimes twining around her sacred staff, as in ancient Creteand they were worshiped as guardians of her mysteries of birth and regeneration.[6] Ancient Near East Main article: Snake worship Snake cults were well established in Canaanite religion in the Age, for archaeologists have uncovered serpent cult objects in Age strata at several pre-Israelite cities in Canaan: two at Megiddo,[16] one at Gezer,[17] one in the sanctum sanctorum of the Area H temple at Hazor,[18] and two at Shechem.[19] In the surrounding region, serpent cult objects figured in other cultures. A late Age Hittite shrine i


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