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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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Tamaño imagen: 4320 × 4392 px | 54.3 MB
Tamaño impresión: 36.6 × 37.2 cm | 1700.8 × 1729.1 in (300 dpi)
Palabras clave: 4 ANTIGUA ANTIGUO ANTIGUOS CALCITA CLORITO CREATURE CRIATURA DEMONIACO EDAD BRONCE EDAD DE BRONCE FIGURA HIERRO IMAGENES MUNDO ORIENTE ORO POTENTE SERES