SimplyAbuDhabi XV

ETALLOGRAPHIC AND METALLURGICAL EXAMINATIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY ARCHAEOMETALLURGISTS IN THE US AND UK, WITH THE RESULTS SUPPORTING THE ANTIQUITY OF THE BUST. AN EXTENSIVE ART HISTORICAL STUDY, DUE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE JOURNAL OF LATE ANTIQUITY IN MARCH 2015, EXHAUSTIVELY RESEARCHED SAS SANIAN CROWN DE S IGNS , DEPICTIONS OF DEITIES AND ROYAL FIGURES, ASPECTS OF SASANIAN, ROMAN AND BYZANTINE ART AND MUCH MORE, ALL IN RELATION TO THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE AGHAYAN BUST, AND THE POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATIONOF THEWOMANDEPICTED. THE AHGAYAN BUST