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theancientworld: Ornament in the form of a griffin-lion Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC From the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan This embossed ornament is part of the Oxus treasure, the most important collection of silver and gold to have survived from the Achaemenid period. The treasure is from a temple and dates mainly from the fifth and fourth centuries BC. The British Museum

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Ornament in the form of a griffin-lion

Achaemenid Persian, 5th-4th century BC
From the region of Takht-i Kuwad, Tadjikistan

This embossed ornament is part of the Oxus treasure, the most important collection of silver and gold to have survived from the Achaemenid period. The treasure is from a temple and dates mainly from the fifth and fourth centuries BC.

The British Museum

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