The phrase "an ancient attribute of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a characteristic or quality that has historical significance or has been present for a long time.
Example: "Wisdom is often considered an ancient attribute of great leaders throughout history."
Alternatives: "a timeless quality of" or "a historic trait of".
This, I imagine, Graves would recognize as an ancient, archetypal attribute relating her to the moon.
The most noteworthy is the herm (bust on a tapering pedestal) of Alexander in the Louvre, with an ancient inscription attributing it to Lysippus.
In captivity, she had practiced vipasanna meditation, an ancient technique attributed to the Gautama Buddha.
Though their union apparently had all the earmarks of a modern-style romance, with its prioritizing of emotions above practical concerns ("amour fou"), as evidenced by the abuse, it also had the attributes of an ancient idea of love, that of the political union, since it was a tool for Ike and Tina's mutual advancement, musically and economically.
Take some quiet time for yourself and read the Tao Te Ching, an ancient book of Chinese folk wisdom attributed to the sixth-century BC sage Lao-Tzu.
Investigators also attribute their inability to pierce Mr. bin Laden's financial network to an ancient system of cash transfers based on trust, not detailed records, that they say has spread from countries like Pakistan into the United States.
It is an ancient device, of course.
Ayodhya is an ancient city of India.
Each floor is intended to exemplify one of the three gunas, the ancient Indian attributes of being: erotic tamas, vibrant rajas and serene sattva.
Recent scholarship has sought to challenge textualist interpretive methods by reviving the ancient English doctrine of the equity of the statute-a doctrine that treated atexual, purposive interpretation as an inherent attribute of judicial authority.
