METALLURGY. 347 (Fig. 269) : there, however, the lion is superseded by a sphinx. Finally, one whole zone of a Cypriot cup, which we are about to describe, is occupied by the same motive (Fig. 270), with this difference, that sphinxes are alternated with griffins. On the bowl from Caere there is not a single element that is not taken from real life, from the slaying of the bull in the centre ^^Jh ./-< 4VV FIG. 268. Part of a silver platter. Actual size. From Griffi. 1 to the vengeance taken for his murder by the hunters. The artist has reproduced an incident of pastoral life which is common enough in regions infested by wild beasts. In Mesopotamia, Loftus and Layard assisted at such a hunt more than once, and 1 Monimenti di Ctrre antica, plate v. fig. i.
