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A protome (Greek: προτομή) is a type of adornment that takes the form of the head and upper torso of either a human or an animal. Protomes were often used...

Protome is an extinct genus of parasuchid phytosaur from the Late Triassic of Arizona, represented by a single species, Protome batalaria. It is known...

feathered. The griffin of Greece, as depicted in cast bronze cauldron protomes (cf. below), has a squat face with short beaks that are open agape as if...

wooden beam Lion protome with a round cross-section was placed as an attached end-piece on one of the two rudder axes Wolf protome with a square cross-section...

Wall protome of a bearded Dionysus. Boeotia, early fourth century BC....

Brooch with a griffin protome, from the necropolis of Kameiros, Rhodes, c. 625–600 BC (Louvre)...

Silver rhyton with goat protome and death of Orpheus, c. 420–410 BC, housed in the Vassil Bojkov Collection, Sofia, Bulgaria. The horn in a continuous...

Persian style bull protome found in Sidon gives testimony of the Achaemenid rule and influence. Marble, 5th century BC...

covered by polychrome stucco. The upper frame had gutters with lion-like protomes, while the roof was covered by marble tiles. When the temple was turned...

pillars and yaksha carvings. The yaksha on the Bhadas pillar stands on protome of a Cloven hoofed animal, with the raised right hand (now-broken) holding...

that enclosed the entire head, distinguished by a stylized griffin on the protome or front of the crest (the griffin was the companion of the avenging goddess...

Rutiodon carolinensis "Machaeroprosopus" zunii Protome batalaria Leptosuchomorpha...

preference of Dacians for decorating the silver spiral bracelets with animals protome such as snakes and wolves. The period of time between the 2nd century BC...

killed him. When Hadrian requested that they bring the severed head (Greek: protome) of the slain victim close to him that he might see it, Hadrian observed...

2014, pp. 170–171 A capital with protomes of four lions from Old Termez This capital takes the form of four lion protomes, facing in different directions...

the Bard, "naïskos" Egyptian style Female mask found in a tomb, known as Protomé Necropolis of Carthage, late 6th - 5th century BCE. Detail of the Ulysses...

depicted either as a horse or as a figure seated on a throne with horse protomes, though this proposal remains a matter of debate. The earliest evidence...

†Parasuchus †Phytosaurus †Wannia Mystriosuchinae †Angistorhinus †Brachysuchus †Colossosuchus †Jupijkam †Protome †Rutiodon †Volcanosuchus †Leptosuchomorpha...

of the statues of Porphyrios, kept in the Istanbul Museum Capital with protomes of pegasi, probably 6th-century, possibly from the kathisma The Hippodrome...

Silver croeseid issued by King Croesus of Lydia (561–545 BC), obverse: lion and bull protomes...