Template:Did you know nominations/Luristan bronze

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:51, 10 October 2015 (UTC)

Luristan bronze edit

Horse cheekpiece with winged sphinx
Horse cheekpiece with winged sphinx
  • ... that scenes on Iron Age Luristan bronzes (example illustrated) from Iran include "odd-looking demons and animals apparently involved in cultic and mythological activities"?

5x expanded by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 02:01, 1 October 2015 (UTC).

  • : new enough (expansion), long enough, neutral, well-referenced, seemingly avoids plagiarism, compliant hook, quid pro quo factum est, snazzy image apparently public domain used in article, etc; good to go, Maculosae tegmine lyncis (talk) 19:51, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
  • Highly informed, from a wide span of the available literature. However, the hook doesn't really grab, too much punctuation and syntax, and the quote could surely be paraphrased. Certainly it is interesting. Ceoil (talk) 21:26, 4 October 2015 (UTC)