Griffin devouring a man.
Museum's opinion 2015: 14th-15th century.
Attribution
Unknown
Reverse
Carved in the round.
Provenance
Found in Novgorod.
Bibliography
E. A. Rybinos, 'Novgorod's links with Western Europe', in The Archaeology of Novgorod, Russia: Recent Results from the Town and its Hinterland, ed. by M. Brisbane (Lincoln, 1992), pp. 196-204.
M. A. Hall, 'An Ivory Knife Handle from the High Street, Perth, Scotland: Consuming Ritual in a Medieval Burgh', in Medieval Archaeology 45 (2001), pp. 169-188 (p. 176).
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