Greater Iran, of course, is not an existing country. This category is intended for everything related to the area where, in Antiquity, people spoke an Iranian language, except for Persia.
 Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief IV
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 Iranian Azerbaijan, Disk with a deity with two wild animals
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 Kara Tepe, Head
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 Vologases III
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 Kangavar, Portico
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 Zurmala stupa, Brickwork
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian camel
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 Jiroft, Weight made of chlorite
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 Hatra, Relief of a reclining prince
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 Fayaz Tepe, Pottery with an Indian inscription
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 Afrosiab, Ditch
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 Hecatompylos, Hill 2
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 Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations
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 The Elburz from Tepe Hesar
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 Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall
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 Kangavar, Platform
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 Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject slng (OP. Zranka = Drangiana)
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 Hecatompylos, Hill 1
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 Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag
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 Head of a bronze statue of a Parthian prince, found at Shami, Khuzestan
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 Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithradates II, drawing
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 Susa, Small Hellenistic or Parthian portrait
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 Mithradates II
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 Tepe Sialk, Cup from the first millennium
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 Head of a Parthian
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 Dura Europos, Temple of Aphlad, Relief of Aphlad
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 Iranian Azerbaijan, Iron Age Arrowheads
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Parthian
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Apadana
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 Tepe Sialk, Southern hill, Panorama
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 Behistun, Darius' relief, Phraortes
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 Ai Khanum, Map
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 Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery
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 Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief
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 Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp
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 Fayaz Tepe, Monastery and Stupa, model
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 Hatra, Catapult
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 Eagle-shaped Scythian brooche
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 Phraates II
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 The river Oxus
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 Kara Tepe, Frieze of an elephant
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 Oxus, FIsherman
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 Fayaz Tepe, Standing Buddha
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 Parthian musician playing a tanbur
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 Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Arachosians
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 Gotarzes I
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 Afrosiab, Zoroastrian fire altar
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 Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject ch3rs3m' (OP. Uvârazmîy = Chorasmia)
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 Kyrgyzstan
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 Zanjan Rud
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 Axe in the shape of a two-headed demon, mastering a boar and a dragon (Early Bronze Age)
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 Zagros, Nesaean Plain, surrounding Ecbatana (modern Hamadan)
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 Tepe Sialk, Deep sounding
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 Behistun, Parthian relief of Mithadates II
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 Parthian mounted archer
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 Modern painting of Zarathustra
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 Behistun, Darius' relief, Tritantaechmes
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 Tus, Statue of Firdausi
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 Zagros, Incision (a brook cutting its way through the rocks)
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 Amulet of Bes from Iran
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 Tus, Wall (in its present form Seljuk)
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 Artabanus IV
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 Fayaz Tepe, Necklace
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 The ruins from Ai Khanum
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 Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot
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 Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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 Kara Tepe, West, Round Stupa
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 Tepe Sialk, The 1999-2004 excavations
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 A mountain valley
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 Zagros, Fertile plain north of Nihavand
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 Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace
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 Vologases II
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 Hamadan, Bull's head
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 Phraataces
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 Afrosiab, Ditch
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 Koktepa, Scissors
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 Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief III
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 Fayaz Tepe, Wall painting of Alexander the Great
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 Hamadan, Sasanian flask
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 Susa, Oil lamp
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 Derbent Road
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 Babylonian map of the western Zagros. A road, a mountain, and a river are indicated.
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 Chorasmian coin
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 Behistun, Safavid bridge on Sasanian piers
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 Hatra, Relief of an eagle, a military standard, and the Sun
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 Bactrian imitation of an Athenian drachm
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 Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Scythians
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 Afrosiab, Hellenistic pilgrim flask
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 Vonones I
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 Eburz near Ahuan
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 Hamadan, Sasanian ostracon about receiving a ration of food
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 Artabanus III
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 Iranian Azerbaijan, Stone weight
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 Hecatompylos, Square building
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 Valley of the Kunar, from an airplane
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sagartian
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 Watercourse
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 Halchayan, Parthian warrior
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 Hecatompylos, Hill 1, Clandestine excavation
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 Eucratides I of Bactria
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 Isfahan, Sharestan bridge
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 Zoilus of Bactria
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 Arrowheads from Hamadan
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 Hyrcania, Terraces
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 Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)
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 Fayaz Tepe, Monastery, Court
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 Eucratides I of Bactria
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 Afrosiab, Sogdian pottery
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary
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 Afrosiab, Sogdian helmet
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort
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 Hatra, Temple of Šamaš
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 Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a group of courtiers
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 Afrosiab, Ruins
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 Fayaz Tepe, Fountain
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 Sinatruces
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 Tiridates I
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 Scythian arrowheads
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Entrance to the fort
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 Afrosiab, Figurine of Anahita
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 Kara Tepe, North, Court, Column bases
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 Snake amulet
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 Hatra, Relief of two dromedaries
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 Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Relief II
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 Hamadan, Terrace wall
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 Bactrian coin
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 Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"
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 Demetrius I of Bactria
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 Fayaz Tepe, Wall Painting of a seated Buddha
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 Hatra, Relief of the god Nergal
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 Hecatompylos, Sherds on the plain
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 Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Anubanini Relief, drawing
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 Kara Tepe, North, General view
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 A Magian, worshipping at a fire altar (seal impression)
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 Parthian quarter
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 Houses in Kampyr Tepe
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 Hatra, Statue of Shahiro (?), the morning star
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 Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject m'dy (OP. Mâda = Media)
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 Tepe Godin, Pottery from level III
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 Ctesiphon, Iwan
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 Tepe Sialk, Ziggurat, Summit
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 Monstrous male figure with a water vessel (Early Bronze Age)
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 Tepe Godin, Map
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 Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: southern wall, two dromedary riders
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 Athens, Black-figured dish with a Scythian archer
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 Kampyr Tepe, Plain
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 Gabae, Hill
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 Isfahan, Zayandeh Rud (and the Si-o-se Bridge)
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 Karmir Blur, Scythian arrowheads
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 Hyrcanian cup, decorated with gazelles
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 Susa, Relief of Artabanus IV
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 Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject hlw3 (OP. Haraiva = Aria)
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 Tepe Godin, The deep sounding
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 Ctesiphon, Iwan
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 Fayaz Tepe, Stupa, inside
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 A mounted archer
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 Fayaz Tepe, Stupa
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 Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject sg?shkš (OP Sâka = Scythians)
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arians
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 The "French trench"
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 Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria
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 Lumina, Stele of a Scythian ruler
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 Bottle from Tepe Hesar level II
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, From the east
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 Tigranocerta, Sasanian bullae
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 Kara Tepe, North, Court
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 Kara Tepe, Head
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 The Caspian Sea at Ramsar
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 Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb
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 Demetrius I of Bactria
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Brickwork inside the fort
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 Kerman, Mountains
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 Ctesiphon, Iwan
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 Map of Sogdia
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 Sar-e Pol-e Zahab, Gotarzes relief
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 Kara Tepe, Head
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 Zurmala stupa
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 Orodes III
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 Behistun, Darius' relief, Frâda (center) and Skunkha (right)
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 Susa, Handle of a Parthian coffin
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 Hatra, Parthian pottery
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 Sarmatian roundel
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 Zurmala stupa
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 Fayaz Tepe, Disk of the Sun god
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 Hecatompylos, Hill 3
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 Kampyr Tepe, Wall (reconstructed)
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Wall of the fort
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 Afrosiab, Hellenistic column base
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 Shorsuv, Portrait of a warrior
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arachosian
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 Bowl from Tepe Hesar I
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 Osroes I
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 Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject s3htjl (OP. Bâkhtriš = Bactria)
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sogdian
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 Plate, decorated with a snake (Early Bronze Age)
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 Grey ware from Khurvin
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 Nineveh, Funerary mask, Parthian age
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 Afrosiab, Sogdian weapons
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 Afrosiab, Big jar
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 Susa, Parthian bottle
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 Behistun Rock, seen from the east
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 Novocherkassk, Vessel with an elk handle
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 Kara Tepe, West, Skeleton
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 Afrosiab, Ruins
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 Gilded disk from the Astrakhan area
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 Scortaru, Scythian cauldron
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 The Wall of Alexander near Gonbad-e Kavus
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 Two Tatars, one with a pointed cap
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 Susa, Letter from Artabanus II, requesting the appointment of one Hecataeus as treasurer
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 Vologases V
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 Tepe Sialk, Pot from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with an ibex
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 Hatra, Statue of a general
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 Balkh, Corinthian capital
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 Koktepa, Mirror
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 Tepe Sialk, Strata
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 Vologases IV
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 Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary
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 Kara Tepe, West, Caves
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Arachosians
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 Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae
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 Varahsha, Relief of a hunter on horseback chasing deer
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 Ctesiphon, Iwan
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 Eshaqvan, Rock Relief (cast at Taq-e Bostan)
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 Eucratides II of Bactria
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 Afrosiab, Ruin of a wall
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 Tepe Sialk, Early first millennium beak pot (2)
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 Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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 Phraates IV
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 Isfahan, Atashgah (Sasanian fort with fire sanctuary)
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Inside the fort
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 Tepe Hisar, Late Bronze Age phial
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 Charax
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 Orodes I
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 Yazd, Southeastern "tower of silence"
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 Afrosiab, Hellenistic deity
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 Afrosiab, Late pottery
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 Zurmala stupa, Entrance
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 Ctesiphon, Iwan
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 Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence"
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 Tapioszentmarton, Scythian shield emblem in the shape of a stag
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 A Magian (Oxus Treasure)
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 Afrosiab, Ruin of a palace
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 Behistun, Parthian rock reliefs
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 Artabanus I
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 Behistun, Parthian relief of Gotarzes II defeating Meherdates
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 Fergana Valley, Bronze cauldron
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 The Silk Road
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 Diodotus I of Bactria, coin
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 Map of Alexander's Persian Campaign
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 Ahuan, Karwansaray
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 Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of king Vologases
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Bactrians
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 Fayaz Tepe, Seated Buddha
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 Ahuan, general view of the edge of the Dasht-e Kavir
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 Hecatompylos, Hill 1
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 Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: northern wall, Chinese boat
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 Tepe Sialk, Sherd from the fourth millennium BCE
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 Mithradates I the Great
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 Naqš-e Rustam, Parthian relief of a lion
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 Mountain plain
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Altar
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 Tepe Hesar, View
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 Parthian bowl
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 Afrosiab, Christian ossuary
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 Tepe Godin, View from the SE
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 Gonur Deppe, Horse tomb
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 Kara Tepe, West, Inside a cave
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 Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject skdy (OP. Sugda = Sogdia)
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 Susa, Parthian jar
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 Kangavar, General view
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 Yazd, Funeral houses
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 Yazd, Northwestern "tower of silence" (1)
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Arian
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 Vonones II
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 Kara Tepe, Relief
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 Dukkan-e Daud, Tomb, Relief of a Magian
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 Geological layers
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 Vardanes II
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 Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian gargoyle
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 The Zagros, Mountain pass along the road from Hamadan to the west
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 Kangavar, Foundations of a wall
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 Tepe Sialk, Northern hill
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 The Jaxartes, between Samarkand and Tashkent
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 Topraq Qala
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 Hatra, Decoration with dromedaries
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 Hamadan, Parthian oil lamp
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 Kara Tepe, Relief
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 Afrosiab, Ambassadors Fresco: western wall, delegates
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 Crossing the Elburz
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sacae
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Parthians
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 Arsaces I
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes
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 The Zagros west of Qazvin
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 Mithradates IV
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 Fayaz Tepe, Miniature vessel
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 Mihai Eminescu, Fish-shaped horsegear
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 Shashtepa, Fragment of a rhyton
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 Tepe Sialk, Iron ore
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 Kara Tepe, Relief
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 Tepe Hesar, Figurine
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 Tepe sialk, Jar from the fourth millennium BCE, decorated with ibexes
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 Hatra, Model of a small temple
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 Hatra, Statue of an eagle
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 Persepolis, Apadana, North Stairs, Tribute Bearers, Sogdians
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 Hatra, Statue of the Moon goddess
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 Medgidia, Fake Scythian sword (akinakes)
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 Vologases VI
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 Hatra, Iwan, Great temple, Head of a priest
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Medes
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 Hamadan, Aqueduct
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 Afrosiab, Persian dish
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 Kampyr Tepe, Houses
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 Kara Tepe, West, Court with cells
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 Tepe Sialk, Cup from the fourth millennium decorated with a human figure
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 The Avestan world
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 Susa, Hellenistic or Parthian figurine of a harpist
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 Artabanus II
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 Hatra, seen from the air
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 Iron Age ring from Hyrcania/Parthia
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Bactrian
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 Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory
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 Kangavar, Back
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 Kara Tepe, South, Two caves
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 Kara Tepe, Lid of a pot
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 Tepe Sialk, Southern hill
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 Gabae, Hill
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 Eshaqvan, Rock Tombs
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 Belogradets, Cimmerian tombstone
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 Kara Tepe, West, "Greek" column base
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 Gandj Nameh, Waterfall
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 Map of the world of the Scythians
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Sakâ tigrakhaudâ
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 Tepe Nush-e Jan, Fire sanctuary, Brickwork
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 Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper
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 Axes from Luristan
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sogdians
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 Tepe Godin, Store rooms
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 Orodes II
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 Fayaz Tepe, Stupa
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 Eshaqvan, Rock tombs, seen from a distance
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 Behistun, Free-standing rock relief of a Parthian dignitary
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Southern part, Sagartians
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 Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject pltiiw3 (OP. Parthava = Parthia)
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 Afrosiab, Deformed skulls
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 Old Termez, Capital with a figure showing features of Buddha and Heracles
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 Dura Europos, a Parthian votive relief
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 Corbu, Seal ring of king Scyles
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 Vardanes I
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 Hamadan, Achaemenid column bases
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 Kangavar, Stairs
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 Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Two Medes
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 Terraces, north of the mountains
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 Zurmala stupa
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 Afrosiab, Ruins
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 Kara Tepe, Painted pottery
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 Hamadan, Hellenistic or Parthian lion
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 Phraates III
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 Gotarzes II
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