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# Phalera

Hollow hemispherical gold fitting (phalera); made from thin sheet, embossed with a long-necked crouching and sinuous-bodied winged beast; plume-like tuft rises from the head; recessed ears, wings and other parts of the animal's body would have originally contained coloured inlays.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 99 BCE – 99 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1920-0329-1](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1920-0329-1) · Pramāṇa
