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Bust of Warrior

HADB 421Inv. MK 249Tapa Kalān
Tapa KalānFigureStuccoModelling
Figure in Stucco: Bust of Warrior, Tapa Kalān, Hadda
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Photo by Jules Barthoux ©GrandPalaisRmn - Guimet Museum

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Tapa Kalān

Location

Tapa Kalān54

Description

This beheaded warrior was in a Atlas-like position. He is dressed in a long-sleeved tunic. His arm is folded over his chest and he is holding a kind of lasso. On his belt he wears the scabbard containing his sword, which is decorated with an elaborate circular medallion. The sword's hilt ends in a spherical bumper.

Characteristics

Technique

Modelling

Material

Stucco

Object type

Figure

Site

Tapa Kalān - 54

Conservation location

National Museum of Afghanistan

Museum inventory No.

MK 249

Traces of polychromy

No

Restoration

No restoration

Bibliographic References

TISSOT Francine

2006

P. 463, K.p. Ha. 1312.379-Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan (1931 – 1985)

BARTHOUX Jules

1930

Pl. 110 d-Les Fouilles de Haḍḍa, Figures et Figurines

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