Lot 136
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A BACTRIAN POLISHED GREY SLATE 'ANICONIC' IDOL
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A BACTRIAN POLISHED GREY SLATE 'ANICONIC' IDOL

3RD 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A BACTRIAN POLISHED GREY SLATE 'ANICONIC' IDOL
3RD 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
31 in. (79 cm.) long
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Lot Essay

Similar aniconic objects have been found on the sites of Tepe-Hissar, Mundigak and Séistan. As they are often found in the same funerary and archaeological context, they were probably used together in the same ritual context, as objects of worship that could have been a fertility cult.

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