Bronze lid and upper part of an oil flask, Late Classical, 4th century B.C., Praenestine, Bronze, diameter 3 5/8in. (9.2cm), Bronzes, The relief on this elegantly worked roundel depicts a nude youth being attacked by a griffin. It relates to legends, first mentioned by the ancient Greek writer Herodotus, of the people called Arimasps who lived east of the Black Sea
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Bronze lid, upper part, oil flask, Late Classical, 4th century B.C, Praenestine, Bronze, diameter, 3 5/8in, 9.2cm, Bronzes, relief, elegantly worked, roundel, depicts, nude youth, attacked, griffin, relates, legends, first mentioned, ancient Greek, writer, Herodotus, people, Arimasps, lived east, Black Sea
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