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List of Supplies for Bayasa (Bessus)

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The Khalili Collections

List of Supplies for Bayasa (Bessus)

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Bayasa is the Aramaic spelling of the Iranian name familiar through Greek transmission as Bessus. Bessus proclaimed himself king under the name Artaxerxes V after he killed Darius III, and was subsequently killed when he fled from Alexander to Sogdiana. The document lists provisions for him in Maithanaka, when he passed from Bactra (modern Balkh) to Varnu. These include one horse; one sheltered bovine; one calf; two grazing bovines; one donkey; 33 sheltered sheep; 33 lambs; 100 grazing sheep; five geese; 30 chickens; and specified quantities of fine flour; white flour; plain flour; lapis-lazuli-coloured (?); barley meal; spices; cheese (pieces); white oil; oil for fire; vinegar; sour milk; wine of Chistakana (?); (wine of) Arachosia; and fodder.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

List of Supplies for Bayasa (Bessus)

Date

330 BC

Medium

ink on leather

Accession number

515

Work type

Drawing

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