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Monstrous male figure, Bronze Age, ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C., Bactria-Margiana or eastern Iran, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, Chlorite, calcite, gold, iron, H. 4 in. (10.1 cm), Stone-Sculpture, In the world of the ancient Near East, images and beings that combined human and animal qualities were thought to possess supernatural powers. This small yet potent figure, with its human face and serpentine-scaled body, probably represents such a creature, enlivened and charged with magical efficacy whether propitious or demonic.

Monstrous male figure, Bronze Age, ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C., Bactria-Margiana or eastern Iran, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, Chlorite, calcite, gold, iron, H. 4 in. (10.1 cm), Stone-Sculpture, In the world of the ancient Near East, images and beings that combined human and animal qualities were thought to possess supernatural powers. This small yet potent figure, with its human face and serpentine-scaled body, probably represents such a creature, enlivened and charged with magical efficacy whether propitious or demonic.
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Monstrous male figure, Bronze Age, ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium B.C., Bactria-Margiana or eastern Iran, Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex, Chlorite, calcite, gold, iron, H. 4 in. (10.1 cm), Stone-Sculpture, In the world of the ancient Near East, images and beings that combined human and animal qualities were thought to possess supernatural powers. This small yet potent figure, with its human face and serpentine-scaled body, probably represents such a creature, enlivened and charged with magical efficacy whether propitious or demonic
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Bildgröße: 4320 × 4392 px | 54.3 MB
Druckgröße: 36.6 × 37.2 cm | 1700.8 × 1729.1 in (300 dpi)
Schlüsselwörter: ALT (ALTER) ALTERTÜMLICH ANTIK BRONZEZEIT CHLORIT EISEN GOLD H KALZIT METALL: EISEN ORIENT OST OSTEN WELT