Urartian Winged Demon

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by Carole Raddato
published on 20 February 2018

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Urartian Winged Demon — Ivory figure of a griffin-headed demon, from Altıntepe, an Urartian fortress and temple located in eastern Anatolia, 8-7th BCE.

Museum of Anatolian Civilisation, Ankara.

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Carole Raddato

Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the ancient world in the footsteps of Emperor Hadrian.

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