The Bronze Liver of Piacenza: Analysis of a Polytheistic StructureThis book deals with the Iecur Placentinum, the bronze model of a sheep s liver, bearing 42 Etruscan inscriptions. The Piacenza Liver is a highly interesting document of the utmost importance for the understanding of Etruscan religion. It will appear that the network with the inscribed names of divinities on both sides of the Liver depicts a microcosmos reflecting the macrocosmos, the Etruscan division of heaven. |
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| Title | The Bronze Liver of Piacenza: Analysis of a Polytheistic Structure Volume 2 of Dutch Monographs on Ancient Hi Volume 2 of Dutch monographs on ancient history and archaeology, ISSN 0924-3550 |
| Authors | L. Bouke van der Meer, Meer |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | BRILL, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jun 19, 2009 |
| ISBN | 9070265419, 9789070265410 |
| Length | 202 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General History / Europe / General Social Science / Women's Studies |
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