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title: Parthian Cataphract
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11125/parthian-cataphract/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Parthian Cataphract
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11125.jpg)
## Image Caption
Baked clay perforated plaque showing a heavily armoured horseman (cataphract) wearing scale or lamellar armour and a "coal skuttle" helmet, spearing a lion. 3rd century BCE - 2nd century CE British Museum
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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2019, August 27). Parthian Cataphract. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Parthian Cataphract." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 27, 2019. .
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