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A painted travertine slab showing two griffins attacking a panther. Found in tomb 58 at the necropolis Andriuolo at Paestum, dated to 340 BCE.
National Archaeological Museum of Paestum.
Photo taken at the "Fantastic Creatures of Fear and Myth" exhibition at Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in Rome in 2014.
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