Sheet-gold decoration for a sword scabbard, Late Classical or Hellenistic, ca. 340–320 B.C., Greek or Scythian, Gold, length 21 7/16 in. (54.5 cm), Gold and Silver, In the main frieze is a battle between Greeks and barbarians; at the left end stand two griffins. The irregular field above the frieze shows deer being killed, one by a lion, the other by a griffin. , The scabbard from which this gold decoration came would have been of another material, possibly bronze or iron
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Sheet-gold decoration, sword scabbard, Late Classical, Hellenistic, ca, 340–320 B.C, Greek, Scythian, Gold, length 21 7/16, 54.5 cm, Silver, main frieze, battle, Greeks, barbarians, left, stand two griffins, irregular field, frieze, deer, killed, lion, griffin, scabbard, gold, came, another material, bronze, iron
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