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Tauroctony from Leonardo Agostini book

Tauroctony from a gemme, printed on Le gemme antiche figurate di Leonardo Agostini.
Lame from Le gemme antiche figurate di Leonardo Agostini

Lame from Le gemme antiche figurate di Leonardo Agostini
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The New Mithraeum
30 Dec 2020
Updated on Jan 2022

TNMM 228

This lame belongs to Le gemme antiche figurate di Leonardo Agostini, printed in Italy, Rome, in 1686. It was a reproduction of a gemme depicting a Tauroctony with some zodiacal signs that has been reinterpreted by the author.

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