Stone artifacts [ “cosmetic” vessels] from burial chamber 3245, royal necropolis, North Gonur. 2nd Millenium BCE https://margiana.su/gonurskie-naxodki/gonurskie-mozaiki/

Photo source: https://tdh.gov.tm/en/post/12507/ancient-treasuries-of-turkmen-nation-are-presented-in-europe
The alabaster vase with ribbed design is particularly attractive. The same design is found on a silver vessel also from the royal burial of Gonur Depe.


- Nadezhda A. Dubova, Samurskiy Kirill, Treasures of ancient Margiana [Сокровища древней Маргианы] https://www.academia.edu
- Pierre Lombard, The Oxus civilization/BMAC and its interaction with the Arabian Gulf. A review of the evidences https://shs.hal.science













