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Gilded silver plate, Sassanian style, 7th-8th century CE.
This fabulous creature is a mixture of a dog and a bird, combined with what may be fish scales. The dog in Zoroastrianism is associated with rituals connected to the dead.
British Museum
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Original image by akhenatenator. Uploaded by Ibolya Horvath, published on 05 December 2019 under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
akhenatenator, . (2019, December 05). Sassanian-style Plate with Simurgh. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/11568/
akhenatenator, . "Sassanian-style Plate with Simurgh." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified December 05, 2019. https://www.ancient.eu/image/11568/.
akhenatenator, . "Sassanian-style Plate with Simurgh." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 05 Dec 2019. Web. 26 Feb 2021.
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