Southern Tajikistan, BC. 1- AD. 1 - FALAR With THE IMAGE OF YOUNG DIONYSIAC.

Bronze, gilding. Carved seal from back, engraving on the gilding. Diameter 14,4 - 14,5. It consists of two round plates - facial and back, fastened between themselves by the bronze rim (width of 4,5 mm) and by eleven rivets. On the face side, the bust of young Dionysiac (arms are expanded into the front, head is a little turned to right) is produced in the high relief (height from 3,4 to 1). The face of oval outlines is delicately modeled. Forehead is low and is wide, brow designated and coming out forward, the cut of the eyes (incrustations were not preserved) are large and elongated, nose is long and narrow, mouth is small chubby, chin and neck are solemn and wide. Frilled tunic covers both arms and descends with folds to the breast; from under, the edge of lower garment is visible with the section forward. Tape-cross belt covers hair, concealing the lower part of the forehead. Hairs are divided into two equal parts by the straight parting, along sides of them two symmetrical strands bent, which resemble wings or horns. Above the hair, there are two large many-petaled flowers, from which large pointed leaves - stylized image of ivy, descend. Along the sides of the head (to the right they were preserved better), the spirally twisted long curls descend from leaves. As a whole the image on falar goes back to the aspect of young Dionysiac, created Praxiteles, but many details are executed by artisan-torevt of Bactoria and it is rough and schematic, sometimes the original content was lost. On the backside of falar - clamps for the passing the belts are fastened to the plate with the rivets. It is fastened falar with cross lines. 1C BC - 1C AD 1952, random finding. „Q„M „y„~„r. ‡‚ 1610. „L„y„„.: „S„‚„u„r„u„‚ 1958; „S„‚„u„r„u„‚ 1961; „K„B ‡‚ 301.

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