Sphinx and griffin
Also called sphinx, griffin, composite creature
- Objects
- 59
In the Compendium
Lions, Sphinxes and Griffins › Sphinx and griffin
Lions, sphinxes and griffins, a borrowed Near Eastern repertoire used in Cyprus on seals, gold, pottery, metal bowls and limestone sculpture.
Across the catalogue
Object types
Shapes
Styles
Decoration techniques
Materials
Periods
Places of production
- Cyprus28
Collections
- The British Museum Collection28
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art21
- Cyprus Museum, Nicosia5
- The Ashmolean Museum4
- Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna1
Objects
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"Sacred Tree Cylinder Seal"
Late Bronze Age II
Bichrome Figural Amphora
Archaic II
Bichrome Sphinx Jar
Archaic II
Black Chlorite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Black Chloritite Griffin Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Chlorite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Chlorite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Copper Sulphide Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Cylinder seal depicting a tree, a human head, a winged human figure, and a sphinx among other ornamental motifs
Late Bronze Age II
).webp)
Cylinder seal, draped female holding staff in left hand above a bucranium facing left towards idol, seated sphinx to left
Late Bronze Age I
Cylinder seal, two facing winged heroes, each attacked by griffon which they menace with dagger
Late Bronze Age II
Cylinder seal, winged goddess holding spear with point down, female sphinx to left, male sphinx to right
Late Bronze Age II
Cypriot Goddess Figure
Archaic II
Fragment of a limestone funerary stele with a seated sphinx
Classical
Fragmentary limestone Cypriot capital
Classical
Free Field Centaurs Jug
Geometric
Free Field Humans on White Painted Jar
Archaic I
Gilt bronze spiral with griffin terminal
Classical
Goddess Terracotta Figurine
Classical
Gold Griffin Spiral Hair Ornaments
Classical
Gold hoop with plasma scarab
Archaic II
Gold ring
Archaic II
Gold scaraboid ring
Classical
Gold Spiral Hair Ornaments
Classical
Gold-plated Bronze Hair Ornament
Classical
Gold-plated Bronze Hair Spirals
Classical
Griffin and Lion Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age I
Haematite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Haematite Master of Animals Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Hematite Cylinder Seal
Late Bronze Age I
Large Free Field Bichrome Oinochoe
Archaic I
Limestone Diadem Statue
Archaic II
Limestone finial of a votive stele (?) with a lion and a male sphinx
Archaic II
Limestone fragment of a sphinx supporting an incense burner
Classical
Limestone funerary stele (shaft) surmounted by two sphinxes
Classical
Limestone funerary stele with antithetical sphinxes
Classical
Limestone funerary stele with two recumbent sphinxes
Archaic II
Limestone grave relief with two sphinxes
Classical
Limestone Griffin Figure
Classical
Limestone Sphinx Figure
Archaic II
Limestone sphinx supporting a votive bowl
Archaic II
Limestone statuette of Geryon
Archaic II
Limestone thymiaterion (incense burner)
Classical
Pastoral Style Bell Krater
Late Bronze Age II
Ring with scarab
Classical
Sacred Tree Haematite Seal
Late Bronze Age II
Seated Sphinx Figure
Archaic II
Serpentinite Conoid Stamp Seal
Late Bronze Age III