Pillar-shaped Cippus, Etruscan and Roman Florence Sandstone, 550 - 500 BC ( Depictions of all four sides: Priest, sphinx, griffin and lion as tomb guards. The pillar-shaped cippi stood on the top of the tumulus of chambered tombs.) Etruria, Tuscany, Italy,

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