Parthian Cataphract

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by The Trustees of the British Museum
published on 27 August 2019

Parthian Cataphract — Baked clay perforated plaque showing a heavily armoured horseman (cataphract) wearing scale or lamellar armour and a "coal skuttle" helmet, spearing a lion.
3rd century BCE - 2nd century CE
British Museum

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