Southern Tajikistan, BC. 1- AD. 1 - HANDLE MAKHAYRY With THE IMAGE OF FIGHT HERCULES With SIREN

Engraved ivory. 10.8 * 3.7. Cylindrical handle is divided into three registers. Upper (in the form of concave cylinder) is decorated with yang twig and vines of Akanf, middle (oval) expanding part is decorated with the two identical relief images of Hercules, which overthrew Siren. Hercules deserve in full body, the right hand, which grippes the knotty club, is raised upward to dealt attack. His left hand, after gripping the long hair of Siren and after falling down downward, is forced it against his thigh. The foot of Hercules holds Siren on the thigh, which stands on one knee. To Hercules the hen of lion, thrown on as raincoat; the paws of lion in neck are tied into knot of Hercules. Siren is naked, well visible the characteristic detail of its appearance - male goat ear. Both figures are sturdy. The dynamics of fight is expressed by the swing of Hercules, by the Siren of attempting to rise and his setting the feet, by their enclosed sturdy bodies in the fight. 4C - 3C BC
„L„y„„.: „L„y„„„r„y„~„ƒ„{„y„z - „P„y„‰„y„{„‘„~ 1981„q, „ƒ. 141, „„„p„q„|. V; „_„S ‡‚ 27.

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