Sasanian Empire

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ancientpeoples:Head of a kingIran, Sasanian period, ca. 4th centurySilver with mercury gilding, 15 ¾

virtual-artifacts:Rhyton: The Buffalo-Slayer Goddess.SilverSasanian, 600 - 700 AD.

BowlIran, Sasanian, 500-700 ADSilver gilt, Overall: 5 x 13.4 cm (1 15/16 x 5 ¼ in)Every good

ancientart:Sasanian rock relief of Firuzabad II, showing the investiture of King Ardashir I. Dated t

Ewer decorated with female figures. Iran, Sasanian Period, 7th-6th centuries A.D. Silver and gilt. A

Silver bowl with lion, foliage, and a ring of raised dots. Central Asia, late 6th-early 7th c. A.D.

Silver and gilt plate and bowl with image of hunting king. Iran, Sasanian Period, 4th to 5th century

ancientpeoples:Sasanian coin, Iran, A.D. 293–303(reign of Narses)Obverse:  Bust of Narses wearing a

Gilded silver plate from the Sasanian Empire, depicting youths with winged horses.  The iconography

Wall panel in stucco relief from Sasanid Persia, depicting a charging bear.  Artist unknown; 6th cen

Sasanian gold ring with a lapis lazuli intaglio, dated to the 6th century CE. The intaglio depicts a

Plate with king hunting rams. Sasanian, ca. A.D. mid-5th–mid-6th century The king as hunter had beco

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