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Court art of Sogdian Samarqand in the 7th century AD

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Group captains no. 15, 16, 17

image by M.Mode (1987)     Figures 15, 16 and 17 move right upwards. They are the group captains of delegation A1.[Look for the delegations]

image after Al'baum, Zhivopis' Afrasiaba (1975)

Al'baum's copy depicts the same section of the paintings (right). The traces of colours are quite clear only with figure 16 (red caftan). In the left is the delegation from Tang-China of group B1 moving in the opposite direction. Note that here the delegations cross. Therefore a gap appears between the group captains 15-17 and their delegates. The delegates must have started with figure no. 7, the remains of which can be seen in the extreme lower left of the above picture [more on this figure].

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