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Vani, gold belt with depiction of sphinx and other animals

Georgia Museums, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi

Belt. Vani, burial 24, end of the 4th Century B.C. Depicted in the center is a male lying on the couch in the company of a wine-bearer and musician. On one side is a scene of hunting animals, on the other - a row of animals. At both ends figures of sphinxes. Without known parallels.

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Gold belt with depiction of sphinx and other animals
Taken on  Thursday 02nd of July 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Source:  Tbilisi, Georgia
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