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Unraveling the iconography of the Etruscan lamp of Cortona - EurekAlert


<p>A large, highly decorated bronze lamp found in a ditch near the town of Cortona, central Italy, is significantly older than previously estimated and shows the god Dionysus, <u>a new study</u> published in De Gruyter&rsquo;s <u><em>Etruscan and Italic Studies</em></u> argues.</p>

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