https://www.academia.edu/42808701/Jacobs_2016_Introduction_Ancient_Near_Eastern_Traditions_vs_Hellenization_Romanization
The sculpture probably showed a Graeco-Bactrian ruler, he is wearing a typically Persian headgear.
From the Temple of Oxus, 3rd-2nd century B.C.E.
Painted gypsum on clay
The Temple of the Oxus; B. A. Litvinskiy and I. R. Pichikiyan https://www.jstor.org
Relief clay decorations from the walls of the main reception chamber in the hall of the Yuezhi’ palace an the Khalchayan settlement [a major site of the Yuezhi (later Kushan) people in Bactria, today Surxondaryo Province, Uzbekistan]. 1st century BCE
Head of a Saka warrior, from Khalchayan, Uzbekistan
Khalchayan, Uzbekistan
Head of a Kushan prince
Khalchayan, Uzbekistan
after
The Noin-Ula Xiongnu burial kurgan (tumulus) in North Mongolia, 1st century BCE – 1st century CE. Fragment of an embroidered woolen textile with a scene of a ritual: “To the left of the altar is the king (priest), who is holding a mushroom over the fire. Opposite him is a warrior in a jacket with a “tail” and a belted quiver“
The textile from the Xiongnu burial ground was made in Bactria most likely, and may represent the Yuezhi men.
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Dalverzin Tepe, Uzbekistan. Painted gypsum on clay, head of a woman
1st century BCE – 1st century CE
Dalverzin Tepe, Uzbekistan. Painted gypsum on clay.
Head of a prince, 1st-2nd century
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