Southern Tajikistan, BC. 1- AD. 1 - HEAD OF ELEPHANT (detail of furniture).

Engraved ivory. 8.2 x 6.0. The top of head of elephant is crowned with the bolster, which is passed through by spherical and two disk-shaped fasteners of pearls. Large frontal portions, ears and trunk are clearly distinguished. Large quantities of fragments of the details of furniture from the ivory are obtained in the temple of Oxa. Some of them are motives of realistic description. 2C - 1C BC
„L„y„„.: „L„y„„„r„y„~„ƒ„{„y„z - „P„y„‰„y„{„‘„~ 1981, „ƒ. 213, „‚„y„ƒ. 19; „_„S ‡‚ 105.

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