Silver medallion with an image of an eagle clutching a wild cat (a panther), and a snake. Dated to the 2nd century BCE, excavated in Sisian, Syunik region of Armenia.
State Museum of Armenia, inv. number 2618/15
“Two gilt silver medallions showing representations in high relief. One features an eagle looking backwards while grasping a panther in its claws, with a writhing snake beneath it. The other medallion shows the bust of a goddess of victory. Her coiffure ends in sickle shapes on her forehead.
50 BC until the beginning of the Common Era, Sisian.
History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan” [Suzanne]
The Golden Eagle was important motif on the Armenian highland, as well as many of the Armenian Dynasties [ King Tigran II the Great].
Photo source https://mainzerbeobachter.com/2022/06/05/armenie-in-assen/
- Древнейшие государства Кавказа и Средней Азии http://maxima-library.org/component/maxlib/b/541340?format=read
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