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title: Turreted War Elephant, Hermitage Museum
author: State Hermitage Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10821/turreted-war-elephant-hermitage-museum/
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# Turreted War Elephant, Hermitage Museum

_Authored by State Hermitage Museum_

## Image File

[![Turreted War Elephant, Hermitage Museum](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10821.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10821.jpg)

## Image Caption

One of a pair of decorative [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) phalerae (horse’s harness plagues) discovered in a [grave](https://www.worldhistory.org/burial/) during Russian excavations, depicting a turreted [war](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) elephant wearing a saddle cloth decorated with a hippocampus (Eastern Iran, ca. 3rd-2nd cent. BCE; SHM inv. no. S-65). Image is used from www.hermitagemusum.org; courtesy of The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

## Bibliography

- Michael Pfrommer. *Metalwork from the Hellenized East: Catalogue of the Collections.* J. Paul Getty Museum, 1993, 10, fig. 4.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, S. H. (2019, May 31). Turreted War Elephant, Hermitage Museum. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10821/turreted-war-elephant-hermitage-museum/>
### Chicago
Museum, State Hermitage. "Turreted War Elephant, Hermitage Museum." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 31, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10821/turreted-war-elephant-hermitage-museum/>.
### MLA
Museum, State Hermitage. "Turreted War Elephant, Hermitage Museum." *World History Encyclopedia*, 31 May 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10821/turreted-war-elephant-hermitage-museum/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/08.%20applied%20arts/97278/!ut/p/z1/04_Sj9CPykssy0xPLMnMz0vMAfIjo8zi_R0dzQyNnQ28_J1NXQwc_YMCTIOc_dwNDE30w8EKDHAARwP9KGL041EQhd94L0IWAH1gVOTr7JuuH1WQWJKhm5mXlq8fYWChp5BYUJCTmZqikFhUUqwfYWluZG4BdE4UmoGe3uZAA0NMPfz9w5yNnE2gCvA4qSA3NKLKx8Mg01FREQDNSYAX/dz/d5/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?lng=en) by **State Hermitage Museum**. Submitted by [Branko van Oppen](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/bvoppen/ "User Page: Branko van Oppen"), published on 31 May 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.