The Golden bowl of Hasanlu ( fa, جام طلای حسنلو) is a historical object made of

gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from la, aurum) and atomic number 79. This makes it one of the higher atomic number elements that occur naturally. It is a bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile met ...

. It was discovered by Robert H. Dyson in 1957 while excavating the site of Teppeh Hasanlu, near the city of

Naghadeh Naqadeh (; ; ), formerly known as Sulduz, is the main town of Naqadeh County, West Azerbaijan Province in Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 72,975, in 18,320 families. Name Naqadeh is the current name of the town (and county). The for ...

, northwest of

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. The bowl is estimated to be around 3200 years or older. BowlfromHasanlu

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