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title: Parthian Belt Ornament
author: Metropolitan Museuem of Art
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13108/parthian-belt-ornament/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Parthian Belt Ornament
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13108.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/) ornament showing an eagle with its prey, c. 1st- or 2nd-century CE.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
It is one of a pair, with the other on display in the British Museum, London. Ernst Herzfeld proposed that it was part of a treasure found in 1910-11 in a chamber [tomb](https://www.worldhistory.org/tomb/) near Nihavend, Iran, possibly belonging to an aristocratic Parthian family. Another related piece of jewelry, found at Dalverzin Tepe in Uzbekistan, can be dated to the 1st century CE.
## Cite This Work
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Art, M. M. o. (2020, November 13). Parthian Belt Ornament. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Art, Metropolitan Museuem of. "Parthian Belt Ornament." *World History Encyclopedia*, November 13, 2020. .
### MLA
Art, Metropolitan Museuem of. "Parthian Belt Ornament." *World History Encyclopedia*, 13 Nov 2020, .
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