Subject: cavalry archer
Culture: Parthian
Setting: Arsacid empire, Persia 1st-3rdc
Museum of Fine Arts *
"Head of a Parthian nobleman
Iran, Parthian, 2nd century A.D. Limestone
Images of Parthian aristocrats, as here,
typically included a trimmed beard and long mustache.
The sculpture itself echoes that of the Roman Empire." ...
