Pillar-shaped Cippus
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Pillar-shaped Cippus
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Published 2018-03-14T10:24:18+00:00
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The four sides of this pillar show a priest, a sphinx, a griffin and a lion, as guards to a tomb. It stood on the top of the tumulus of chambered tombs in Florence, Italy.
Technical Information
Date published | 14/03/2018 |
Complexity | Medium |
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Title | Pillar-shaped Cippus |
Date | 550-500 BC |
Accession | Sk 1220 |
Period | Ancient |
Medium | Sandstone |
Credit | Acquired from the Collection Inghirami in the 19th century |
Record | http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/altes-museum/home.html |
Place | Altes Museum |
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