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Mytological Animals


Mythological animals.



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Three-headed demon (fragment), (nicknamed "Marx, Engels, Lenin"). Terracotta (5th BCE), from Orvieto. 17.5 x 20 x 15.1 cm Inv. TC 7537
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Three-headed demon (fragment), (nicknamed "Marx, Engels...

2 Gorgo ornaments. Ornament A: 12.7 x 11.9 x 5 cm Ornament B: 11 x 11.5 x 5.3 cm Painted terracotta (5th BCE), from Caere. Inv. TC 6681.7
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2 Gorgo ornaments. Ornament A: 12.7 x 11.9...

Centaurus hunting tigers. Mosaic (1st-3rd CE).
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Centaurus hunting tigers. Mosaic (1st-3rd CE).

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

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon.Short face: two centaurs fighting over a deer.The centaur on the left, with a panther skin over the shoulder,tries to stick a branch into the eye of the other. End 5th BCE Inv. 369 T
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The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon.Shor...

The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon. The tympanon of the lid shows two griffins, one male, one female, with eagles' heads and spiked crests. End 5th BCE Marble from Paros, 296,5x253,5x137 cm Inv. 369 T
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The "Lykian Sarcophagus" from the Phoenician royal necropolis in Sidon. The...

Centaur, front part. Chased from a single, thin sheet of silver; partly gilded. The left hand must have held a string instrument, since he holds a plectrum in his right hand. Part of a rhyton. H:22 cm Inv. A 49
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Centaur, front part. Chased from a single, thin sheet of silver; partly gilded...

Scylla. Handle from a mirror. Bronze (about 310 BCE) from Tarentum (Tarent), Italy. Br 1686
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Scylla. Handle from a mirror. Bronze (about 310 BCE)...