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druzhina
12-19-2013, 10:57
Bactrian War Elephant and Crew Going Rightwards. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. S-65 (http://warfare.tk/Ancient/Bactrian_War_Elephant-Hermitage-S-65.htm)
This is probably the main source for the drawing of Fig. 183 by Ian Heath in the 1982 edition of 'Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars 359BC to 146BC' by Duncan Head.
The tower in the drawing is a lot taller than on the dish. The beast on the cloth is a Hippocampus.

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Bactrian War Elephant and Crew Going Rightwards. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. S-65 (http://warfare.ga/Ancient/Bactrian_War_Elephant-Hermitage-S-65.htm)

Druzhina
Ancient Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/Ancient/Ancient.htm)

druzhina
12-21-2013, 03:11
The matching Phalera: Bactrian War Elephant and Crew Going Leftwards. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. S-64 (http://warfare.tk/Ancient/Bactrian_War_Elephant-Hermitage-S-64.htm)
Elephants with towers in Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars by Duncan Head, illustrated by Ian Heath, based on these Bactrian silver disks. (http://warfare.tk/WRG/AotMaPW-183-184-Elephants_with_towers.htm)

MIRROR SITE
Bactrian War Elephant and Crew Going Leftwards. State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. S-64 (http://warfare.ga/Ancient/Bactrian_War_Elephant-Hermitage-S-64.htm)

Druzhina
Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers (http://warfare.tk/index.htm)