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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
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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