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title: Achaemenid Gold Scabbard
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11775/achaemenid-gold-scabbard/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Achaemenid Gold Scabbard

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## Image File

[![Achaemenid Gold Scabbard](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11775.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11775.jpg)

## Image Caption

Ceremonial [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) scabbard from the [Oxus treasure](https://www.worldhistory.org/Oxus_Treasure/). [Achaemenid](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Achaemenid/) Period (550-330 BCE). British Museum.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2020, January 23). Achaemenid Gold Scabbard. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11775/achaemenid-gold-scabbard/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Achaemenid Gold Scabbard." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 23, 2020. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11775/achaemenid-gold-scabbard/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Achaemenid Gold Scabbard." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Jan 2020, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11775/achaemenid-gold-scabbard/>.

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