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#Mycenaean rhythm in the form of a bull's head 1300-1200 BC GR 1887.5-1.6 @britishmuseum
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Athenian Geometric Krater (735-720 BC LGIIa) - an early representation of myth? GR 1899.2-19.1 @britishmuseum
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The other side of the Krater
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Pottery animal, perhaps a pig Cycladic (Keros-Syros culture) 2700-2200 BC Said to be from Melos The animal originally held a bowl in its forepaws, connected by a hole to the hollow interior. Animal-shaped vases are known from the Cyclades, but this exam
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Terracotta figure of a bull Mycenaean 1250-1150 BC Late Helladic III term details Found in Tomb 11, Ialysos, Rhodes, Greece Terracotta One of a pair of bulls found in the same tomb. Excavated by Sir Alfred Biliotti Given by Professor John Ruskin, 1870
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Teracotta group of three dancers in a ring Mycenaean, c. 1300 BC (LHIIIa2-b1) From the Hirsch and Virsi Collections Purchased with the aid of The British Museum Friends, 1996 1996,0325.1 @BritishMuseum #BeingHuman
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Pyxix (lidded box) with four hand-modelled terracotta horses standing on the lid Late Geometric Ib, Attic, made in Athens Attributed to the Workshop of The Painter of London c. 760-750 BC Most horse-pyxides have been found in women's graves. The horses
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Terracotta figure of a bull Mycenaean, c. 1300 BC (LHIIIa2-b1) Found in Tomb 11, Ialysos, Rhodes Excavated by Sir Alfred Biliotti Funded by John Ruskin, 1870 1870,1008.127 @BritishMuseum #Animals
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Pottery ryhton (ritual pouring vessel) in the form of a bull's head Mycenaean, 1300-1200 BC (LHIIIb) Found in Tomb 67, Enkomi, Cyprus Turner Bequest Excavations, 1897 1897,0401.1077 @BritishMuseum #Animals
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Terracotta perfume bottle in the form of a ram Orientalising Period, East Greek c. 650 BC From Kamiros, Rhodes 1860,0201.46 @BritishMuseum #Animals
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Bronze statuette of the sacred Egyptian bull Apis Archaic Greek From the Nile Delta c. 500 BC The inscriptions on bulls record their dedication by worshippers. The Greek inscription records its dedication to "Panepi" (Apis) by a worshipper named Sokydes
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Faience dolphin-shaped perfume bottle Made on Rhodes Found in a tomb at Kamiros, Rhodes c. 575-525 1861,0425.27 @BritishMuseum #Animals #dolphin
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Pottery krater decorated with an octopus Mycenaean 1375-1300 BC (LHIIIa2) Found at Ialysos, Rhodes Pictorial Style krater (Furumark Shape 54). Minor restorations in plaster. Painted with an octopus (FS 21) on either side.Tentacles, decorated with added
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Gold ornament with a lion's head in a decorated collar, a basket-shaped container, and egg-shapes and birds suspended from chains A central element, originally threaded on to the gold pin, is now missing. Minoan c. 1700 - 1500 BC Made in Crete (?) Found
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The Parthenon Sculptures This is the head of a horse from the chariot of the mood-goddess Selene or Nyx. She balanced the group of Helios in the other corner of the pediment. The horse is weary from its night-long labour: the eye bulges, the nostrils fla
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Pottery bell krater decorated in the Pictorial Style, on one side with two sphinxes and on the other with griffins Mycenaean, 1300-1200 BC (LHIIIb) Found in Tomb 43, Enkomi, Cyprus One of the griffins is pulling a chariot in which stands a charioteer an
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Terracotta flask in the form of a siren, her feathered wings and chest patterned and coloured Greek, perhaps made in Crete about 600 BC From Kythera Bequeathed by James Woodhouse, 1868 1868,0110.767 @BritishMuseum #Hybrid
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Terracotta perfume bottle in the form of a siren Orientalising Period, East Greek c. 640 BC From Kamiros, Rhodes 1860,0404.30 @BritishMuseum #Hybrid
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Jug with spout in the form of a griffin's head: on the body is a lion dragging a stag, and two horses, below which are panels of geometric motifs; anatomical details of the griffin are also painted. Made in the Cyclades Orientalising Period, 675-650 BC
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Neck-amphora with a chariot procession; on the neck a lion attacks a deer, while more deer graze on the shoulder Protoattic, made in Athens about 700 BC; attributed to the N Painter. From Athens The N Painter is named from the Ns he uses as filling orna
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Bronze cauldron attachments in the shape of a griffin's head East Greek, Orientalising Period, 7th Century BC Found at Samos Bequeathed by: Richard Payne Knight, 1824 1824,0440.2 @BritishMuseum #Hybrid
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Alabastron with a lion and two griffins below a lotus and palmette chan Proto-Corinthian, made in Corinth c. 680-650 BC From Kamiros, Rhodes 1860,0201.30 @BritishMuseum #Hybrid
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Bronze cauldren attachment in the shape of a griffin's head Hollow cast bronze griffin's head or protome, once attached to the shoulder of a cauldron; the beast has an elongated sinuous neck, long pointed ears and a sharp beak and chin; on the top of the
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Gold ear-ring Hollow gold griffin's head, once attached to the circular disc of an ear-ring, decorated all over with granulation. Orientalising Period 700- 600 BC Purchased from Louis, Duc de Blacas d'Aulps,1867 1867,0508.505 @BritishMuseum #Hybrid
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Sheet gold plaque stamped with the figure of a sphinx One of four thin gold plaques stamped with a figure of a recumbent winged sphinx. One is almost intact; a second has the front part of the design broken away; the other two are made of two and three f
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Sheet gold plaque stamped with the figure of a sphinx One of four thin gold plaques stamped with a figure of a recumbent winged sphinx. One is almost intact; a second has the front part of the design broken away; the other two are made of two and three f
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Ear-ring shaped as a griffin's head Hollow gold griffin's head, once attached to the circular disc of an ear-ring, decorated all over with granulation. Orientalising Period 700-600 BC From Syria or Turkey (?) Gold Purchased from Mrs Anna Maria Arundell
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Bronze figure of a winged siren, originally from the rim of a bronze tripod-cauldron. Geometric Greek c. 800 - 700BC Said to be from Olympia Purchased from Georges Yannacopoulos, 1914 1914,0411.1 @BritishMuseum #Hybrid