Bronze lid and upper part of an oil flask, 4th century

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Bronze lid and upper part of an oil flask, Late Classical, 4th century , Praenestine, Bronze, diameter 3 5/8in. (), 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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