Xiongnu belt buckle with paired felines attacking ibexes 3rd-2nd C. BCE
"78 BCE, during the reign of Xiongnu Chanyu, Luanti Huyandi: Han received intelligence from surrendered Xiongnu that the Wuhuan had continuously been pilfering and desecrating the burial mounds of the Xiongnu Chanyu. Xiongnu were greatly inflamed by this defilement; they mustered up twenty thousand cavalrymen to give the Wuhuan a crushing blow".
-Wars with the Xiongnu according to Zizhi Tongjian, translated by Joseph P. Yap
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| Xiongnu belt buckle with paired felines attacking ibexes 3rd-2nd C. BCE. 2 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 7/16 in. (6.7 × 8 × 1.1 cm). MET Museum. |
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Wars with the Xiongnu according to Zizhi Tongjian, translated by Joseph P. Yap
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