Southern Tajikistan, BC. 1- AD. 1 - LINK In the form PROTOMY OF THE LYING SPHINX.

Electr(Alloy of gold with silver). 3,5 x 2,2. It consists of two parts - interlaced from the thin wire arc, whose tapering point put through into the ear, and strictly the link, fastened to the arc with the aid of the bushing and produced from the thin sheet of elektr. Link depicts the lying sphinx with the female head and the breast; hair-do is visible below the flat cap. The beast paws are dismembered to three finger- claws by cutter, are stretched forward in the elbow joint. Two wings, being vertically risen from the arms, are tightly forced against body and head; feathers are shown with four horizontal rows as soldered on with semicircle from the notched electr wire. Two thin-notched wires are passed along the nape of the neck, they cross as cross belt, and they wind in the ends as spares on the breast. Bushing is decorated with four edgings, also made from the soldered-notched wire. 2C - 1C BC. 1951 Random finding.
„Q„M „y„~„r. ‡‚ 1478. „L„y„„.: „L„y„~„t„u 1952; „K„B ‡‚ 300.

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