Packet 2: Tossup 2

Karen Rubinson links dolphin imagery in jewelry found along this river to a large dolphin decoration that appears with a dog-head and a mask on a fountain at a city above it. A man named Atrosokes (“atro-SO-keez”) dedicated a flute-playing statue to the god of this river. Pichikyan and Litvinsky questionably argued that a site named “throne of stone” along this river was home to the first known Zoroastrian fire temple. A golden fish and a model chariot are among many items (-5[1])in an Achaemenid-era “treasure” named for this river. This river’s (10[1])confluence with the Kokcha was the site of Ai-Khanoum. (10[1])Sogdiana lies (-5[1])between the (10[2])Jaxartes (10[3]-5[1])(“jax-ART-eez”) and this river, (10[1])which (10[1])alternatively (10[1])names the Bactria-Margiana (10[2])Archaeological Complex. For 10 points, a historical region (10[1])in Central Asia, now home (10[2])to (10[1])Samarkand, (10[1])is named for being “trans-” (10[1])what river? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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