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The analysis describes preserved features (head, beak, wing, and additional fragmentary body parts) and then places the creature in a broader development of griffins across the Near East, Egypt, and the Aegean. 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Most of the head is preserved, the beak, and part of the wing. Other small fragments identified as belonging to the griffin are the edge of the far wing and three pieces of legs. All are against a yellow ochre background, very slightly darker than the usual yellow and with well-preserved surface, slightly waxy to the touch.  \nGRIFFINS: CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT2 Before discussing the particular characteristics of the griffin and its reconstruction, a brief outline of the early development of griffins is presented, in order to be able to evaluate its place within the iconographic repertoire. The significance of the predatory griffin will be discussed later in the paper.  \nNear Eastern origins and Egyptian counterparts  \nThe concept of the lion-bird predator is derived from Near Eastern models and has early Egyptian counterparts. Frankfort posited that the griffin made its way from Syria to the Aegean via the medium of textiles,3 a supposition supported by Dominique Collon in her analysis of Syrian cylinder seals as the source of certain Aegean motifs.4 By the first half of the 2nd millennium the Syrian griffin  \n1 See MARINATOS this volume on the lions; MORGAN this volume on the leopards, with bibliographic references to the excavation, dating and discussions of the paintings from Palace F. Reconstruction of the head and wing of the griffin was first published in MORGAN 2004, 287, fig. 1. An earlier reconstruction of two of the fragments of the griffin (head and wing) appeared in BIETAK, HEIN et al. 1994, 204, Kat. Nr. 229; BIETAK 2005, 13–17, in which the two Tell el-Dabca pieces are superimposed over the head and wing of the Xesté 3 griffin.  \n2 For specific studies on griffins see: FRANKFORT 1936; LEIBOVITCH 1943; DESSENNE 1957; BISI 1965; DELPLACE 1967; RHYNE 1971; BARTA 1975; MORGAN 1988, 49–54.  \nhad developed from earlier lion-bird composites into a recognizable griffin. The Syrian-Levantine griffin has a small beak, like that of a falcon, with (usually) straight raised wings, and sometimes a solar disc or plant-form between tendril-like hornson the head. It stands as a heraldic pair, upright on hind legs,5 or associated with prey and with lions (see below), in scenes subsidiary to human and divine action. The Syrian griffin also appears in Anatolia on seals,6 and on an ivory furniture plaque from Acemhöyük (dated to the 18th century), where the seated griffin has straight upright wings with the distinct head of a falcon with a neck curl, and a short tripartite crest framed by horns.7  \nLeonine body and bird head was a combination rich with symbolic resonance of predation and protection. As such, it was appropriated with enthusiasm in the Aegean, where its form and iconography was transformed. Just as Syrian cylinder seals imported to Crete clearly had an impact on Minoan imagery, Syrian glyptic was subsequently imbued with aspects of Minoan-Mycenaean iconography and idiom.8 The specifically Aegean griffin was to exert influence on CyproAegean and Mitannian seals and Levantine ivories of the 14th century, a time of intense cultural interactions within the ancient world.9  \nIn Egypt, a prototypical griffin appears on a Late Predynastic palette from Hierankonpolis anda dagger handle from Gebel el-Tarif, in both cases  \n3 FRANKFORT 1936. EVANS, in contrast, posited Egypt as the source (PM I, 709) .  \n4 COLLON 2000, 287. The examples cited by COLLON date to the 18th and 17th centuries BCE. The earliest Aegean griffins date to the same time span (MM II – MM III) .  \n5 TEISSIER 1996, 87, Nos. 163–164.  \n6 ARUZ 2008, figs. 231, 234, 235, seated, with straight wi","cbCaidK7Jwro2Ytp","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidK7Jwro2Ytp","pdf",2410101,22,"English","# The Hunt Frieze at Tell el-Dabca\n## Griffins: Characteristics and Development\n## Near Eastern origins and Egyptian counterparts\n## The Aegean griffin","[{\"question\":\"What griffin evidence was found at Tell el-Dabca, and which parts were preserved?\",\"answer\":\"A single scale-sized griffin was recovered among fragments of Aegean wall paintings dumped outside Palace F. 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