Issyk kurgan (English spelling)

Japanese: Issyk kurgan(英語表記)Issykkurgan
Issyk kurgan (English spelling)

...This shape was unchanged in Sassanid Persia, and in the depictions of kings on gold coins and silverware, the sun and moon, symbols of Zoroastrianism, were further adorned. A gold ornament in the shape of an arrow was discovered in Issyk kurgan (east of Almaty), which is thought to be the royal tomb of the Saka people in Central Asia. Since this king was buried wearing armor, the ornament may have been used to decorate his helmet. If so, the helmet would have been used not only as a defensive device but also as a kind of symbol of authority.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この形はササン朝ペルシアでも変わらず,金貨や銀器に表された王の図像においては,さらにゾロアスター教のシンボルである日月を飾ってある。中央アジアのサカ族の王墓と思われるイシク・クルガンIssyk kurgan(アルマトゥイ東方)から矢の形などの金製の立飾が発見された。これは鎧を装着した状態で埋葬されていたので,立飾はあるいは冑を飾ったものかもしれぬが,とすれば冑も防御具としてだけではなく,一種の権威の象徴として用いられたことになろう。…

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