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Wall Paintings of Male Figures

Height at left 150 cm.
height at right 157 cm.
maximum width 50 cm.

width at bottom 29 cm.

Usak Museum

Over the three overlapping, matching limestone fragments is a male figure painted to right, from the left wall of the tomb. The pieces were cut from modern robber and trimmed around the edges. As with No.7, shows the head of this figure, . . . → Read More: Wall Paintings of Male Figures

Wall Painting of the Head of a Female Figure

Height at left 36.5 cm.
Height at right 35.5 cm.
Width at lower edge 34.5 cm.
height of head from top to lower edge of hair 23 cm.

Usak Museum

The painting depicts the head of a standing female figure to the left, which was cut from the right wall of death. The upper part of the head was painted on top . . . → Read More: Wall Painting of the Head of a Female Figure

Wall Paintings of Male Figures

a) Height 37 cm.
Width 25.5 cm.
Maximum tickness 9.5 cm.

b) Height 37 cm.
Width 29 cm.
Maximum tickness 9.5 cm.

Usak Museum

The painting shows the torso of a man to the right. This part of the figure belongs to a block, the lower edge of which a horizontal masonry is to be connected. The figure is painted on a good white background. The . . . → Read More: Wall Paintings of Male Figures

Couch Supports in the Form of Seated Sphinexes

Marble

a) Height 64.5 cm.
Length at base 70 cm.
Width at base 16.5 cm.

b) Height 71 cm.
Length at base 62 cm.
Width at base 26 cm.

Usak Museum

The two worked in a seated sphinxes with their low rectangular bases. They form a pain and are nearly identical. Both have been repaired several fragments, and one (a) is more fragmented than the other, . . . → Read More: Couch Supports in the Form of Seated Sphinexes

Cosmetic Box With Lid and Scoop

Silver

Height of box 2.6 cm.
width of lid 8.8 cm.
Length of lid 9.2 cm.
Total weight of box and lid 349.05 gr.
Length of scoop 7,3 cm.
Width 2 cm.; weight 9.95 gr.

Usak Museum

The almost square box is internally into five sections, divided four outer square with the inner corners to the curve of the cylindrical central compartment. The upper edge . . . → Read More: Cosmetic Box With Lid and Scoop

Pair Of Bracelets

Gold

Preserved length 4.3 and 3.6 cm.
thickness of hoop 0.8 cm.
total weight 27.15 gr.

Usak Museum

The open Hoop of the bracelet has a round cross section and is made of gold sheet with a filling made of glass or glass-paste. The Tyre originally consisted of four sections (missing one of the central sections) and the joints were covered with . . . → Read More: Pair Of Bracelets

Signet Ring

Gold

Width of hoop 2.3 cm.
Height 2.1 cm.
Weight 7.33 gr

Usak Museum

Across the Hoop is an oval bezel, bounded by flattened grains. The terminals of the Hoop in the form of lion heads, each grasping an end of the bezel in its jaws. Around each neck is a granular Collan the ears and collar around his neck on the sides . . . → Read More: Signet Ring

Ring

Gold and Jasper

Width of hoop 2.8 cm.
width of bezel 1,7 cm.
Weight 17.06

Usak Museum

The gold ring has a gemstone jasper mounted on a swivel chair. The cast consists of a horseshoe-shaped hoop, fastened with cup-shaped terminals at each end of a golden rod that passes through a perforation in the stone. Both top and bottom of the stone are . . . → Read More: Ring

Seal Ring

Gold and Agate

Width of hoop 2.5 cm.
width of bezel 1,3 cm.
Weight 15.37

Usak Museum

The gold ring has an engraved agate scarab mounted on a swivel arm. The voices Hoop is a horseshoe, attached with clips at each end of a cup-shaped rod, which passes through a perforation in the stone. The mount is a golden band, decorated with granulation . . . → Read More: Seal Ring

Pyramidal Stamp Seal Pendant

Height including suspension loop 2.6 cm.
Width at base 1.6 cm.
weight 7.73 gr.

Usak Museum

The device on the underside of the stone shows a single pair of horned Achaemenian grasping, sitting, winged and confronted with the front feet, lifted one, touching. The stone is drilled horizontally at the top, suspended on thick gold wire, that he was in the . . . → Read More: Pyramidal Stamp Seal Pendant