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This small sacred bronze-cast lampion was used to burn oil and incense. A squatting horseman wears a caftan and a helmet-like hat. A movable horse figure with a bridle and a plaited mane has a hole in its back for a candle or torch. The dish is 25.5 cnetimeters (10 inches) in diameter and 18 centimeters (7 inches) high. It dates from the 4th to the 3rd centuries B.C. Central State Museum, Almaty, Kazkahstan
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