Bronze tympanum ('shield') from the Idaean Cave, Crete, with strong orientalizing influence. A deity is depicted stepping with her left foot on a bull, and with her two raised hands she holds a lion. To the left and right winged demons beat drums. 8th century BC.
Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Receipts Fund.
Tsaktsiras, L. and Tiverios, N., Istoria ton Archaion Chronon os to 30 p.Ch., Organization for the Publication of Teaching Books, Athens 1996, p. 79.
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