Plaque with horned lion-griffins

Unknown Artist

ca. 6th–4th century BCE

Plaque with horned lion-griffins by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold

Dimensions

5 5/16 × 3 7/8 × 1/2 in., 0.2 lb. (13.5 × 9.8 × 1.2 cm, 0.1 kg)

Classification

Metalwork-Ornaments

Culture & Period

Achaemenid · Achaemenid

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1954

Accession Number

54.3.2

Tags

Griffins

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