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Title: Roundel with a horned animal, lions, and griffins
Date: ca. 3rd–1st century BCE
Geography: Eurasian steppes
Culture: Sarmatian
Medium: Gold foil, silver, iron, semi-precious stone or paste
Dimensions: 5 1/8 in. × 5 1/8 in. × 1 in. (13 × 13 × 2.5 cm)
Credit Line: Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest, 1970
Object Number: 1970.132
“Patterns of Collecting: Selected Acquisitions 1965-1975.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 6, 1975–March 23, 1976.
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Selections from the Collection of the Ancient Near East Department,” MOA Museum of Art, Atami, Japan, The Aiche Prefectural Art Gallery, Nagoya, Japan, The Seibu Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 1983.
“The Golden Deer of Eurasia,” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Palazzo Reale, Milan, 2000–2001.
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