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Orlat Battle Plaque. Kurgan No. 2, Uzbekistan.

2nd century BC to 2nd century AD Sarmatian [Kangju (K'ang-kiu) or Yuezhi]
or 3rd to 5th century AD Hunnic [Tashtyk, "White Huns" - the Hephthalites]



Belt Plaque Showing a Battle Scene. Orlat cemetery, Kurgan No. 2, Uzbekistan, 1st–4th century CE. Bone; H. 11 × W. 13.5 cm. Institute of Art Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, IX-278.

Photograph © Institute of Art Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Source: THE SOGDIANS AT HOME Art and Material Culture by Julie Bellemare and Judith A. Lerner

Horse-archers Hunting on the matching Orlat Belt Plaque. Kurgan No. 2, Uzbekistan.



See also Orlat Belt Plaques, 1st to 3rd century AD Sogdia, from The Armies of Bactria 700BC - 450 AD, Volume 2 by Valerii P Nikonorov
Heroic fights and dying heroes - The Orlat battle plaque and the roots of Sogdian art by Markus Mode







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