Terracotta vase fragment with griffin
Unknown artist
Date: 8th–6th century BCE
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: W. 2 5/8 in. (6.65 cm.) L. 3 3/8 in. (8.55 cm.)
Classification: Vases
Culture: East Greek, Lydian
Period: Geometric or Archaic
Themes: Griffins
Gift of The American Society for the Excavation of Sardis, 1926
Date range
-799 – -500
Largest dimension
8.6 cm
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