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| Keywords: Afrasiab - details from The Ambassadors' Painting.JPG en Details of a copy of mural called The Ambassordors' Painting found in the hall of the ruin of an aristocratic house in Afrasiab commissioned by the king of Samarkand Varkhuman ca 650 2012-09-17 19 37 22 scanned from The Silk Road trade travel war and faith pg 106 author from http //www iranicaonline org/articles/afrasiab-ii-wall-paintings-2 The wall painting shows four geese and more remarkably an un-mounted horse accompanied by men wearing the padām the traditional face mask of Mazdean priests and two men with sacrificial maces sitting atop a camel This scene could be interpreted as a parade of priests and sacrificial animals which is moreover followed by a larger horse with a large rider | ||||
