Gilt silver rhyton, hammered into a horizontally fluted horn with attached a protome in the form of the foreparts of a gilt horned winged griffin, who wears a necklace, originally inlaid with a precious stone. The rim of the horn is ornamented with gilded flowers in relief. Possibly found at Altintepe, an ancient Urartian archeological site, Erzincan Province, Turkey. Achaemenid Persian Empire, 5th century BC. October 4, 2012, Canon 7D. See detail on following picture.
