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To the Question of the Genesis and Chronology of Large Shoulder Phalerae of the Hellenistic Period

Vostok/Oriens '2015, №5

 
The article covers the problem of the genesis of large shoulder Hellenistic halerae. According the author`s opinion, the appearance of this fashion was not a result of gradual modification of the nomadic harness but it occurred in a short period of time in the second half or in the end of the third century B.C. It`s not clear either this fashion developed in the steppes, or it was a result of synthesis of the nomadic harness and Hellenistic horse decorations.

Keywords: phalerae, Hellenistic Period, Graeco-Bactrian kingdom, Parthyena, nomads

Pages: С. 127–136