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Plaque depicting a Parthian manseated in banquet posture
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Western Asiatic Antiquities
Plaque depicting a Parthian manseated in banquet posture
Plaque depicting a Parthian manseated in banquet posture
Parthia (Iran)
Parthian period, 238 BCE - 224 CE
Clay
H: 9.5; W: 12.5 cm
Bequest of Joseph Ternbach, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
Accession number:
87.160.767
Archaeology/Western Asiatic Antiquities
Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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