#bactrian

[baebeylik]

Sealed Document Announcing the Dispatch of Sheep. Bactria, 330-329 BCE.

The Khalili Collections.

[jeannepompadour]

Opium capsule necklace, grave VI, Tillya-tepe, dating from 1st century BC to 1st century AD

[pollyj]

National Geographic, 2004

[origamidotme]

Shuki Kato - Bactrian Camel by Malleon https://flic.kr/p/2dpzhy1

[didanawisgi]

[caleod]

17-7-20

[thatshowthingstarted]

Large Bactrian Green Onyx ‘Hand-Bag’ Weight,

Circa Late 3RD-Early 2ND Millenium B.C. 

Bactrian culture spread across a wide area of modern-day Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and reached its zenith between 2100 and 1700 B.C. 

It produced many unique and distinctive objects, the purpose of which is still unclear, but were most likely votive or idolatrous in nature. These "hand-bag" weights, named after their distinct shape, have been found in a variety of different colourful stones, such as breccia, chlorite, fossiliferous limestone, calcite and onyx. 

See M. Vidale, Treasures from the Oxus: The Art and Civilisation of Central Asia, London, 2017, pp. 44-51, figs. 41-45., for a variety of stones and different shapes.

161⁄2 in. (41.8 cm.) high

Christie’s

[pulau-ujong]

Bactrian Bronze Dharmachakra Votive Pendant Saddle Harness (Kushan Empire 50-375 AD)