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Small libation vessel with handle                      
shaped like a mounting ram.                            
Bronze (10th-6th BCE)                                  
from Amlash, north west Iran.
#08020752

Small libation vessel with handle shaped like a mounting r...

Cauldron handle                                        
shaped like a winged goat.                             
Bronze (10th-6th BCE)                                  
from Amlash, north west Iran.                          
Cat. 134908
#08020753

Cauldron handle shaped like a winged goa...

A stag.                                                
Bronze figure, early Iron Age,                         
from Amlash, North West Iran                           
Cat. 132972
#08020754

A stag. Bronze figure, early Iro...

Bowl with stem.
Cast bronze (10th-2nd BCE),
from Luristan, Iran
Cat. 130679
#08020755

Bowl with stem. Cast bronze (10th-2nd BCE), from Luristan, Iran Cat. 130679

Rhyton with ram's bust.
Silver (750-650 BCE)
from Erzincan, Turkey
Cat. 124081
#08020756

Rhyton with ram's bust. Silver (750-650 BCE) from Erzincan, Turkey Cat. 124081

Hilt of a sword with decorations.
Silver, originally with an iron blade
(750-650 BCE) from Luristan, Iran
Cat. 129378
#08020757

Hilt of a sword with decorations. Silver, originally with an iron blade (750-650...

Nude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands.
Cast and chased silver statuette from the Oxus Treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from Tadjikistan, 5th-4th BCE.
The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan.

















Treasure.
Achaemenid period (700-330 BCE)
Cat. 123 905
#08020758

Nude youth, originally holding offerings in his hands. Cast and chased silver s...

Top of a staff with lion heads.Gold tubus with ornaments and lapis lazuli knob,Achaemenid period 5th-4th  BCE. From the
Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan.
Cat. 135 908
#08020759

Top of a staff with lion heads.Gold tubus with ornaments and lapis lazuli knob,A...

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin,gold, from the Oxus Treasure,Achaemenid period,5th-4th BCE.
The Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the Oxus,Tajikistan.
Cat. 123 924
#08020760

Embossed ornament in the form of a lion-griffin,gold, from the Oxus Treasure,Ach...

Male figure,riding, originally mounted on horseback.
Gold, Achaemenid period (5th-4th BCE); Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, is from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus, Tajikistan.
Cat. 124 098
#08020761

Male figure,riding, originally mounted on horseback. Gold, Achaemenid period (5...

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet. The man wears a Median costume; he has an akinakes (short sword) of a type
depicted on reliefs at Persepolis.5th-4th BCE. One of 50 thin gold plaques from the Oxus Treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, from a temple on the banks of the river Oxus,Tadjikistan. Catt. 123 949
#08020762

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet. The man wears a Median costume; he has...

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet.(5th-4th BCE) from 
the Oxus treasure, the most important collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period, from a temple on the banks of the Oxus,Tajikistan.
Cat. 123 916
#08020763

A warrior, incised figure on gold sheet.(5th-4th BCE) from the Oxus treasure,...