ch and ise ▁found ▁its ▁way ▁into ▁Greece ▁and ▁Italy ▁around ▁ 8 0 0 ▁BC . ▁There ▁is ▁some ▁uncertainty ▁about ▁the ▁place ▁of ▁manufact ure ▁of ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁surv iving ▁bronze ▁work , ▁but ▁the ▁same ▁doubt ▁serves ▁to ▁emphas ize ▁the ▁close ▁res embl ance ▁that ▁these ▁pieces , ▁Pho en ician , ▁Greek ▁or ▁E tr us can , ▁bear ▁to ▁their ▁Ass y rian ▁or ▁Egypt ian ▁models . ▁For em ost ▁among ▁them ▁are ▁the ▁bow ls ▁and ▁shield s ▁from ▁the ▁I da e an ▁cave ▁in ▁Cre te . ▁These ▁interesting ▁bow ls ▁are ▁emb oss ed ▁with ▁simple ▁bands ▁of ▁animals , ▁the ▁shield s ▁with ▁bold ▁and ▁complicated ▁designs ▁of ▁purely ▁orient al ▁character . ▁It ▁is ▁unlikely ▁that ▁a ▁Greek ▁craft s man ▁in ▁this ▁vig orous ▁Ge ometric ▁age ▁could ▁suppress ▁his ▁style ▁and ▁produce ▁mechanical ▁copies ▁such ▁as ▁these . ▁So ▁in ▁E tr us can ▁gra ves ▁beside ▁ins cribed ▁Pho en ician ▁bow ls ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁great ▁ca ul dr ons , ▁ad orn ed ▁with ▁j ut ting ▁heads ▁of ▁l ions ▁and ▁gr iff ins , ▁and ▁set ▁on ▁con ical ▁stands ▁which ▁are ▁emb oss ed ▁with ▁Ass y rian ▁wing ed ▁mon sters . ▁ ▁Class ical ▁Greek ▁and ▁E tr us can ▁ ▁The ▁bow l ▁and ▁stand ▁were ▁favour ite ▁arch a ic ▁forms . ▁The ▁Greek ▁stand ▁was ▁a ▁fusion ▁of ▁the ▁cast - rod ▁tri pod ▁and