Re: [tied] Re: horses

From: Gerry Reinhart-Waller
Message: 4213
Date: 2000-10-10

Hi Piotr,
Actually it was Alekseev who mentioned an early relief in Iraq which dates to the third millennium BC depicting the horse as a loading animal.  I remember researching the Behistun relief and perhaps misread that it was at Persepolis.  I should have some free time tomorrow to research it again but could you perhaps give me some preliminary info on the Behistun relief?  If it wasn't at Persepolis, then where was it located?
 
And thanks for the description of an onager.  Guess it looks more like a donkey.  Do you know anything about the habits of an onager.  For example, were they loners or herd animals?
 
Thanks,
Gerry
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From: Piotr Gasiorowski
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Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: horses

 
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Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:35 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: horses


 
 
Gerry!! Behistun and Persepolis are entirely different places, and the Behistun inscriptions are from the late 6th century BC. John mentioned a 3rd-millennium relief!
 
The onagers sports a pair of very long ears, and wears only a tuft of hair at the tip of its tail.
 
Piotr
 
 
 
Thanks John.  Yes, the depiction in question is the Behistun relief at
Persepolis.  Is this the one you are referring to?  I have a question:  how
can the observer of a relief differentiate betwen  a horse and an onager?

Best wishes,
Gerry