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Roman Terracotta Relief Plaque in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2008

Roman Terracotta Relief Plaque in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2008
Title: Terracotta plaque

Medium; Technique: Terracotta

Culture: Roman

Period: Augustan or Julio-Claudian

Date: 27 B.C.-A.D. 68

Dimensions: Overall: 18 1/4 x 14 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (46.4 x 36.8 x 6.4 cm)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907

Accession Number: 08.258.31

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Description:

Relief with a griffin and an arimasp.

Arimasps were mythical one-eyed men who dwelt with gold-guarding griffins in lands north of Scythia.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

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