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Scythians and Greeks : a survey of ancient history and archaeology on the north coast of the Euxine from the Danube to the Caucasus (1913)

Minns, Ellis H · Cambridge : University Press · leaf 334

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loured inlay from Siberia. Hermitage. KTR. p. 393, {. 354. -] Sibeiicui Goldwork 277 agony of combat. The ibex in the grasp of the eagle above exhibits bothfeatures. The griffins wings are becoming rudimentary. Next we havean eagle and another creature attacking a yak whose presence shews thatthese… … Fu;. 200. Gold pl.itc with coloured inlay from Siberia. Hermitage. KTR. p. 394, f. 357. Interesting for its subject is the following plaque (f. 201)—a boar hunt—a perfect illustration to Herodotus (iv. 22, v. p. 107) and his account ofthe lyrcae. We have the man ambushed in the tree with his horse…

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