> A Persian carpet... looking nice! And it's not too far-fetched, as
> Artaban was a Mede... although I'm not sure whether they had this kind
> of carpets in the Parthian empire during the 1st century BC...
> 
> On the other hand, I can remember having seen a partially preserved
> carpet from the Achaemenid era (around 500 BC) some 15 years ago in an
> itinerant exhibition of Scythian treasures from the St. Petersburg
> Eremitage... and the ornaments did not look too different from
> modern-day Persian carpets, albeit less detailed!
> 

Hi, Yadgar

Thanks for the compliments. Can you point me towards the older designs?
I am trying to keep this as true to the time as possible.

John
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