The satrapArbinas wearing akyrbasia .Nereid Monument .[ 1] Thekyrbasia Old Persian :*kurpāsa ) was a type of headgear worn by thesatraps of theAchaemenid Empire .[ 2] Arsacids ofParthia , the earlyAriarathids ofCappadocia , theOrontids ofSophene , and theFrataraka ofPersis .[ 3]
Thekyrbasia is sometimes erroneously referred to as abashlyk Turkic word (başlık inTurkish ) for a similar headgear used byCumans ,Kipchaks andTatars during theMiddle Ages .[ 4]
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