A 4,000-year-old handmade Elamite vase depicting a woman in a elegant dress, bearing an inscription: ‘For the Lady of Marapsha, I made this silver vase. In the Temple that will be known by my name, Humshat, I dedicated it with goodwill for you.’ Housed at the National Museum of Iran. [800×600]

The Silver Cup of the Elamite Woman, also known as the ‘Marvdasht Silver Cup,’ is an ancient artifact from 2000 BC, the Elamite period. Above the figure, a narrow band of Elamite cuneiform inscription is engraved around the vessel.

The cup was discovered about 1.5 kilometers northwest of [Persepolis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis), [Marvdasht](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvdasht). Today, this exquisite handcrafted object is housed at the[ National Museum of Iran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_Iran).

Fun fact: [one of our provinces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilam_province), which covers a large part of [ancient Elam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elam), is still called Ilam, its [capital ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilam,_Iran)also called Ilam, its people called Ilamians, with nearly 600,000 population.

And for the Tarantino fans, toes.