Gold Griffin, Delphi

Gold Griffin

7th century BCE

Delphi Museum, Greece

 

 

Found in the same rubbish heap as the gold and ivory statues, this small hammered gold ornament may have been affixed to a belt or garment worn by one of them.

 

 

© 2005 Ellen Brundige

Illustration for Ancient Greece Odyssey: A Traveller's Journal

 

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