Urartian bronze belt from the Van area

An Urartian bronze belt found in the surroundings of the city of Van. It is now kept in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.

The wide belt is decorated with horizontal bands made of rows of dots and serrated lines. On the left is an ornamented rectangular plate, and in the middle a metal ring. There are holes along the edges, and in places the edges are damaged.