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title: Parthian Gold Face Mask
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13106/parthian-gold-face-mask/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Parthian Gold Face Mask
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13106.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) foil face-mask; hammered sheet with four perforated holes, one at each corner, for attachment. 2nd century CE, Kouyunjik, Iraq
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Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2020, November 13). Parthian Gold Face Mask. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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