Bracelet ca. 280-180 B.C. Seleucid The terminals of this silver bracelet are decorated with stylized animal heads, possibly meant to be snakes. The heads are indicated with bulges, and the eyes by incised circles. The animals snouts are also incised. A row of parallel incised lines is behind each head. This bracelet was excavated at Pasargadae in southwestern Iran, about 90 km northeast of Shiraz. Pasargadae was the first capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great c. 546 B.C. The bracelet was found at the Tall-i Takht, a massive artificial platform presumably built as the site of a royal palace but converted into a fortified compound after Darius established a new capital at Persepolis around 520. However, the coin hoards and other finds from the Takht, including this bracelet, show that it continued to be occupied down into the second century B.C., long after the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.The bracelet was found in a room in the southern corner of the Tak

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Bracelet ca. 280-180 B.C. Seleucid The terminals of this silver bracelet are decorated with stylized animal heads, possibly meant to be snakes. The heads are indicated with bulges, and the eyes by incised circles. The animals snouts are also incised. A row of parallel incised lines is behind each head. This bracelet was excavated at Pasargadae in southwestern Iran, about 90 km northeast of Shiraz. Pasargadae was the first capital of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great c. 546 B.C. The bracelet was found at the Tall-i Takht, a massive artificial platform presumably built as the site of a royal palace but converted into a fortified compound after Darius established a new capital at Persepolis around 520. However, the coin hoards and other finds from the Takht, including this bracelet, show that it continued to be occupied down into the second century B.C., long after the fall of the Achaemenid Empire.The bracelet was found in a room in the southern corner of the Tak

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