BOO180376 Cheek pieces in the form of horses, found in ashes in the portico of the Hundred Column Hall at Persepolis, c.500 BC (bronze) by Achaemenid, (6th century BC); length:26.2 cm; National Museum of Iran, Tehran, Iran; (add.info.: following introduction of cavalry into the Zagros area in 1st millennium BC they became very popular;); Iranian, out of copyright.