Saksanokhur
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Xiong-nu type, as is the hair bun of the rider.[1]
Saksanokhur (Саксанохур) is the modern name of a
Kyzylsu and Panj rivers, in the south of present-day Tajikistan
.
The site consists of a rectangular settlement, with a citadel in the north-eastern corner, rising three metres above the surrounding territory.
Potters' quarters were excavated to the south of the citadel. All the pottery found there dates of the Kushan Period, through to the fourth century AD, indicating that the site continued to be occupied through
Late Antiquity.[2]
Saksanokhur was excavated by Soviet archaeologists from 1966 to 1967 and 1973 to 1977, when much of the site had already been levelled.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Francfort, Henri-Paul (2020). "Sur quelques vestiges et indices nouveaux de l'hellénisme dans les arts entre la Bactriane et le Gandhāra (130 av. J.-C.-100 apr. J.-C. environ)". Journal des Savants: 35.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lindström 2021, p. 298.
- ^ Mairs 2016, pp. 79–82.
Bibliography
- Литвинский, Б.А.; Мухитдинов, Х.Ю (1967). "Античиое городище Сакаснохур (Южиый Тажикистан)". АО. 3: 112–113.
- Литвинский, Б.А.; Мухитдинов, Х.Ю (1969). "Античиое городище Сакаснохур (Южиый Тажикистан)". Советская Археология. 2: 160–178.
- Древности Тажикистана (1985). Каталог выставки. Dushanbe. p. 115.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Mairs, Rachel (2016). The Hellenistic Far East : archaeology, language, and identity in Greek Central Asia. Berkeley. pp. 79–82. ISBN 9780520292468.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Lindström, Gunvor (2021). "Southern Tajikistan". In Mairs, Rachel (ed.). The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek world. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. pp. 298–299. ISBN 9781138090699.