From the Mediterranean to Qinghai:A study of"half man,half fish"images unearthed from Dulan Hot Water Tomb
Three gold ornaments with images of half-man,half-fish have been unearthed from the Reshui Cemetery at Dulan,Qinghai.The actual model of this image is another figure of Triton called Centauro-Triton,the ancient Greek god of the sea,which was mainly popular in the Hellenistic era to the Roman Empire period.Along with Alexander's Eastern Expedition,it spread eastward to Central Asia and Northwest India,and then entered Dulan.Its appearance in the tomb is not only a symbol of royal power,but also protects the souls of the dead to enter the bliss of the underworld,at the same time,the use of this image in Dulan intuitively reflects the exchange and integration of multiethnic and multicultural along the Qinghai Road of the Silk Road.
image of half man and half fishDulan Reshui TombTritonQinghai Road of the Silk Road
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