| The lion and the hare | The goose that layed the golden eggs | The blacksmith and the monkey | The three wise men who resurrected the tiger | |||
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PAINTING HALL (AMAZON HALL)
Painting with glue paints on dry loess plaster
c. 740
Penjikent. Sector XXI, room 1, southwest corner
Accession: 1964
In the first, lower tier, there are individual scenes illustrating short fables and stories (the tale of the blacksmith and the monkey,
the three wise men who resurrected the tiger, the goose laying the golden eggs, the lion and the hare).
The second tier of murals is devoted to an unknown plot, apparently of an epic nature, one of the main characters of which is a woman warrior.
Photos by Oleg Belaychuk