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English: Bust of a man, a defeated Saka warrior, found at Khalchayan, a major site of the Yuezhi (later Kushan) people, in Bactria (modern Surxondaryo Province, Uzbekistan). Painted clay. First century BCE, Termez Achaeological Museum.

This is a Saka warrior, appearing as a defeated enemy in the victory sculptural scenes of the Yuezhi/Kushans at Kalchayan, according to:

  1. (2007). "Nomad Migration in Central Asia (in After Alexander: Central Asia before Islam)". Proceedings of the British Academy 133: 87–98.
  2. Encyclopedia Iranica "Head of a Saka, from Khalchayan" http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/greece-viii#prettyPhoto[content]/7/
  3. Also a Saka warrior according to this source
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Author Nicoletta Stofkoper
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