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Coffin-fitting in the shape of a lion-headed griffin
Greek, Ptolemaic
Hellenistic Period
late 4th–mid 3rd century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis, Cemetery
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.807
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFitting for a wooden coffin shaped like a lion-headed griffin, walking to right. Its forepaws are broken off. There are traces of yellow paint.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Cemetery. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).