Susa: Alabaster head
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| Collections | Arthur Llewellyn Basham |
|---|---|
| Title: | Susa: Alabaster head |
| Author(s): | Godard, Andre Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham |
| Keywords: | Greek Invasion, Parthian sculpture & painting;sculpture;stone;book scan |
| Description: | 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. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/208913 |
| Other Identifiers: | ANUA 682-4261 |
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