Southern Tajikistan, BC. 1- AD. 1 - SCABBARDS AKINAKA WITH THE IMAGE OF LEO AND DEER

Engraved ivory. 27.7 * 11. Upper end with the lateral blade of two half oval has circular opening for the fastening to the waist belt. Two scenes are engraved on the front surface. Scene in the upper register is filled with the large figure of the lion, that stands on the rear paws, in the front of the holding small deer. On the lower expansion of scabbards (buteroli?) is the image of the rolled up predator and head of goat. By the analogies of Achaemenes time, including relieves from Persepolis, scabbards are dated by the end of 4C - by beginning of 4C BC.
„L„y„„.: „L„y„„„r„y„~„ƒ„{„y„z - „P„y„‰„y„{„‘„~ 1980, „ƒ. 127; 1981, „ƒ. 87; „_„S ‡‚ 23.

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