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Square with Figures and Spotted Animals
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Turbaned and caped figure appears with a spotted animal, perhaps riding or standing behind it. The animal is mostly likely a trained hunting cheetah -- it possibly wears a collar around its neck. The spotted animal on this square has five legs.
Hippocamps -- hybrid animals (part horse and part fish) known from Greek mythology -- occupy the four corners of the square inserts.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Carroll F. Wales
Title: Square with Figures and Spotted Animals
Description:
Turbaned and caped figure appears with a spotted animal, perhaps riding or standing behind it.
The animal is mostly likely a trained hunting cheetah -- it possibly wears a collar around its neck.
The spotted animal on this square has five legs.
Hippocamps -- hybrid animals (part horse and part fish) known from Greek mythology -- occupy the four corners of the square inserts.
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