Frieze from Khaltchayan, 50 BC-50 AD Yuezhi northern Bactria

[Druzhina]

I have managed to find drawings of a Yuezhi frieze from Khaltchayan (Khalchayan) Reception Hall, 50 BC-50 AD, northern Bactria (southern Uzbekistan), but no photographs of it. Can anyone help?

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Drawings of a Yuezhi frieze from Khaltchayan (Khalchayan) Reception Hall, 50 BC-50 AD, northern Bactria (southern Uzbekistan)

Druzhina
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[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Very interesting, thank you.

[Temüjin]

does it still exist? if yes, in which museum is it now?

[Druzhina]

Oct 19, 2014 21:50:23 GMT 3 Temüjin said:

does it still exist? if yes, in which museum is it now?

I don't know, except that the past tense is used:

Traces of wall-painting including a head in the vestibule of the Khaltchayan 'reception hall' (c. 50 BC-AD 50) show a continuation of the style seen at Dilberdjin. The main reception chamber in the Khaltchayan hall was decorated with splendid wall reliefs in clay and stucco on a wooden frame - in other words in the 'Bactrian' method seen earlier at Ai Khanum and Parthian Nisa - picked out in vivid colours (Fig. 12). In the centre of the main wall sat a royal couple flanked by attendants; on the north side were further nobles, and a goddess on a chariot, while on the south were central Asian archers. Above the whole ensemble ran a garland frieze, held up by Erotes. Most characteristic of this blended style is the great bronze statue of a Parthian grandee from the Shami sanctuary, variously dated c. 50 BC-AD 150; although Iranian in subject, the figure exhibits a Greek naturalism (Plate XIV). Thus in this period the hybrid has become completely predominant; and within the possibilities offered by this development, one has emerged pre-eminent: that in which different styles are completely blended.

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[Druzhina]

The painted frieze and other statues from Khaltchayan are in museums in Tashkent according to Iranica online, but it doesn't say which ones.

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[H. İhsan Erkoç]

I really would like to see photographs of them.

[Druzhina]

Thanks to 'emilio' at RomanArmyTalk, here are some photos of surviving fragments:
The seated ruler from Khaltchayan
The Khaltchayan armour-bearer
A Khaltchayan central-asian horse-archer
The Khaltchayan Cataphract
A head from Khalchayan

It is handy to have the cyrilic for Khalchayan: Халчаян

Druzhina
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[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Awesome, thank you very much.

[Temüjin]

very cool. looks like the frieze got destroyed at one point though.

[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Yes, I wonder when and how.

[Druzhina]

There are some photos of the excavated ruins at Khalchayan on lookuz.com

Druzhina
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[H. İhsan Erkoç]

Thank you.