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Three men prepare a cock fight,                        
the cage hangs from the ceiling.                       
Black-figured lekythos (around 470 BCE)                
Height 24.5 cm                                         
F 368
#10010648

Three men prepare a cock fight, the cage hangs from the...

The Syphnian Sphinx.                                   
Pentelic marble (5th BCE)                              
from the Syphnian temple in Delphi.                    
                                                       
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#10010750

The Syphnian Sphinx. Pentelic marble (5th BCE...

Figurine of a small boy holding a bird.                
Upper part of a candelabrum (330 BCE-1 CE).
#10010751

Figurine of a small boy holding a bird. Upper part of a candelab...

Head of a sphynx.                                      
Stone (6th-5th BCE), from Vulci.                       
Height 40 cm                                           
Inv. SK 1252
#10010825

Head of a sphynx. Stone (6th-5th BCE), fro...

Fighting soldiers, a white dove on the shield.         
Amphora, black-figured, Pontic original (6th BCE).     
47.5 x 29.4 cm                                         
Inv. 198092
#10010837

Fighting soldiers, a white dove on the shield. Amphora, black-figured,...

A: Cup with female portrait, terracotta, red-figured,  
from the Genucilia-group, 6 x 16 cm, unknown origin    
B: Vase in form of duck, terracotta, red-figured       
13,7 cm. (6th-1st BCE), from Tarquinia?                
Inv. B 2960
#10010838

A: Cup with female portrait, terracotta, red-figured, from the Genucilia-group...

Lutrophora, Attic, from Athens. Around 690 BCE.        
The vase marks the transition from geometric to an     
"orientalizing" style, in which bands of floral        
ornaments alternate with sphinges and men on chariots. 
H: 80 cm            CA 2985
#100109 6

Lutrophora, Attic, from Athens. Around 690 BCE. The vase marks the trans...

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal     
necropolis in Sidon.Long face:boarhunt; short face:    
two centaurs fighting over a deer; lid:two seated      
sphinges. End 5th BCE                                  
Marble from Paros, 296,5x253,5x137 cm  Inv.369 T
#10010945

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon.Long...

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal     
necropolis in Sidon. Two seated sphinges, guardians    
of the tomb, on the lid. End 5th BCE                   
Marble from Paros, 296,5x253,5x137 cm                  
Inv. 369 T
#10010946

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon. Two...

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal     
necropois in Sidon. A Sphinx as guardian of the tomb.  
Detail of 10-01-09/46. 5th BCE                         
Marble from Paros, 296,5x253,5x137 cm                  
Inv. 369 T
#10010947

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropois in Sidon. A Sp...

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal     
necropolis in Sidon. A sphinx, guardian of the tomb.   
Detail of 10-01-09/46. End 5th BCE                     
Marble from Paros, 296,5x253,5x137 cm                  
Inv. 369 T
#10010948

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon. A s...

A goddess, a youth feeding a bird, a woman             
leaning against a small, bearded herm.                 
Marble relief (around 2nd CE) from Herculaneum.        
33 x 46 x 1 cm                                         
Inv. 6690
#10020214

A goddess, a youth feeding a bird, a woman leaning against a small,...