Decorative friezes 

Caption

Import restricted since 1990, section II.G.2.b of 2008 designated list.

Date: Hellenistic-Seleucid (331-138 BC); Parthian (138 BC-AD 224); Sasanian (AD 224-636)

Decorative motifs on friezes include bead and reel, egg and dart, interlocking geometric designs, Greek key, meanders, vines, acanthus plants, laurels, grapes, palmettes, arcades, human busts and masks, and mythological subjects.