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Rebirth of the Oxus Treasure: Second Part of the Oxus Treasure From the Miho Museum Collection

Rebirth of the Oxus Treasure: Second Part of the Oxus Treasure From the Miho Museum Collection <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>An account is offered of the discovery of the Oxus treasure in 1877 and the recovery in 1993 of part of it, now conserved in the Mihon Museum in Japan. Descriptions and analyses are given of 17 sculptures and 48 ritual vessels in the Mihon Museum collection. Comparison of these items with those of the British Museum Treasure point to their provenance as votive objects held in the treasury of a Zoroastrian temple of the Achaemenid period and confirm the identity of finds from the treasure with finds from the now excavated shrine of the Oxus.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia Brill

Rebirth of the Oxus Treasure: Second Part of the Oxus Treasure From the Miho Museum Collection

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1998 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0929-077X
eISSN
1570-0577
DOI
10.1163/157005797X00126
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>An account is offered of the discovery of the Oxus treasure in 1877 and the recovery in 1993 of part of it, now conserved in the Mihon Museum in Japan. Descriptions and analyses are given of 17 sculptures and 48 ritual vessels in the Mihon Museum collection. Comparison of these items with those of the British Museum Treasure point to their provenance as votive objects held in the treasury of a Zoroastrian temple of the Achaemenid period and confirm the identity of finds from the treasure with finds from the now excavated shrine of the Oxus.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to SiberiaBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1998

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