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Susa: Alabaster head

Date

Authors

Godard, Andre
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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Thought by Cumont (see Andre Godard, The Art of Iran, translated by Michael Heron, New York, F.A. Praeger, 1965, p. 162) to represent Queen Musa, a beautiful Roman slave presented by Augustus to the Parthian King Phraates IV (37-2 BC), whose wife she became. A Greek inscription from the Parthian period gives the name of the artist, "Antiochus, son of Dryas". Note turreted Achaemenian crown.

Keywords

Greek Invasion, Parthian sculpture & painting, sculpture, stone, book scan

Citation

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/208913

Collections

Basham Photographs

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Image

Archives Series

Date created

1965

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This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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