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A historic wool wall hanging known as the Sampul tapestry was discovered in the Tarim Basin nearby the ancient kingdom of Khotan. The item is linked to the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom by its numerous Hellenistic period characteristics, which include a Greek centaur and diadem. It might be a Yuezhi soldier from the first century CE, dressed in a crimson jacket and pants. As another possibility, the soldier or monarch, may be a Greco-Bactrian, a Saka who had undergone Hellenization, or a Greco-Saka military nobleman. The complete tapestry is 230 cm long and 48 cm broad. The face portion of the warrior measures 48 by 52 cm and the centaur portion measures 45 by 55 cm. The fabric that was found merely makes up the left ornamental border of a much larger wall hanging. It is made of 24 threads of various colours and is made of wool. A guy with Caucasoid traits, including blue eyes, is shown on the tapestry with a centaur. The soldier would be around six times as tall as the centaur if all missing fabric were taken into account. A spear in his hand and a dagger placed on his belt help to identify the individual as a warrior. He is dressed in a tunic with rosette patterns. His headdress might be a diadem, which was depicted on Macedonian and other ancient Greek currency and served as a sign of kingship in the Hellenistic era. The centaur is performing a horn and is covered in a cloak and cape. He is surrounded with a floral adornment in the form of a diamond. The antiquity of the material is questionable because there has been a lot of theft at the site. Dates ranging from the third century BC to the fourth century AD have been given to it. Even though the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom in Central Asia has been mentioned as a potential location, the exact location of the tapestry is unknown. Western embroidery techniques were utilised to create the tapestry, which has more than 24 strands in various colours. The cloak and hood of the centaur are a central Asian adaptation of the Greek design. Another thing that sets him apart from the Greek archetypes is that he performs the horn. The lapel features of the warrior a central Asian flower and diamond pattern. A few elements, especially the animal head on the weapon of the soldier, point to the northern Iranian kingdom of Parthia as the  place of origin of the tapestry. Rome has additionally been suggested as a potential source. Another theory is that it is locally produced because the Tang annal New Book of Tang reported that Khotanese locals were skilled in weaving textiles and making tapestries when Emperor Wu of Han, who reigned from 141 to 87 BC, introduced the Silk Road to Khotan in the first century BC. The tapestry might have been created about a century before Wudi led the Han Chinese to conquer the Tarim Basin. Loulan has also produced Hellenistic tapestries, suggesting a shared cultural heritage with Khotan. The presence of the tapestry likely to imply that interactions between the Hellenistic kingdoms of Central Asia and the Tarim Basin, at the frontier of the Chinese realm, began somewhere around the third century BC. [Information and Image Credit : Sampul_tapestry, Wikipedia] [Image : Probable Yuezhi soldier in red jacket and trousers, in the Sampul tapestry. Embroidered in Hellenistic style, with motif of a centaur, 1st century AD, Sampul, Ürümqi Xinjiang Region Museum ] [The work (Image) is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the life of Author plus 70 years or fewer] [The work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1927. (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Original Source Image-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UrumqiWarrior.jpg ]












 




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