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Dogs Attacking a Boar (after a fresco from the Palace of Tiryns)

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Late Helladic III, Tiryns (Argolis). Original is in the National Museum, Athens)
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer
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Title: Dogs Attacking a Boar (after a fresco from the Palace of Tiryns)
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Late Helladic III, Tiryns (Argolis).
Original is in the National Museum, Athens).

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