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Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC.

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Gold model chariot from the Oxus treasure, Achaemenid Persian, from the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan, 5th-4th century BC. This remarkable model is one of the most outstanding pieces in the Oxus treasure, which dates mainly from the 5th and 4th centuries BC, and is the most important surviving collection of gold and silver to have survived from the Achaemenid period. The model chariot is pulled by four horses or ponies. In it are two figures wearing Median dress. The Medes were from Iran, the centre of the Achaemenid empire. The front of the chariot is decorated with the Egyptian dwarf-god Bes, a popular protective deity.
ANE, 123908

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART201337

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4000px × 2827px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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