Sokh snakes
Appearance
Sokh snakes | |
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![]() Two snakes, Sokh, Ferghana valley, 3rd millennium BCE (front view).[1] | |
Material | Serpentine |
Created | 3rd millennium BCE, ca. 2000 BCE |
Place | Sokh,Ferghana valley,Uzbekistan |
Present location | Tashkent,National Museum of Uzbek History |
TheSokh snakesare two snakes made in stone that were discovered inSokh,Ferghana valley,Uzbekistanin 1899.[1]It is dated to the 3rd-2nd millennium BCE, and displays stylistic similarities with the contemporary cultures ofMesopotamia,leading archaeologist Philip Kohl to suggest that it was actually imported fromElam,where similar objects can be found.[2]
The culture to which the stone snakes belonged may have been a predecessor, and may have contributed to the formation, of theChust culture(ca. 1500 to 900 BCE) ofFerghana.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ab"Splendeurs des oasis dOuzbekistan, p.12"(PDF).
- ^Gorbunova, N. G. (1978).The Culture of Ancient Ferghana: VI Century B.C. - VI Century A.D.British Archaeological Reports. p. 18.ISBN978-0-86054-363-3.
to the 2 nd and 3rd millennia B.C., the most important is a stone relief with a snake motif, found in Sokh in 1899...
- ^Starr, S. Frederick (18 December 2014).Ferghana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia.Routledge. p. 5.ISBN978-1-317-47066-3.