A King of the Demons, Piandjikent

A King of the Demons, Mural, Sogdian Piandjikent (Penjikent). National Museum of Antiquities, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Wall Painting, National Museum of Antiquities, Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Photo by Jeff Rozwadowski

Referenced as Figure 10: Panjikent. Room 19/Sector XXVI. A King of the Demons. 8^th Century.
p.91, Valentina I. Raspopova (St. Petersburg) "Sogdian Arms and Armour in the Period of the Great Migrations" in
Arms and Armour as Indicators of Cultural transfer
The Steppes and the Ancient World
from Hellenistic Times to the Early Middle Ages
Edited by Markus Mode and Jürgen Tubach

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