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Liver of Piacenza
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The Liver of Piacenza is an Etruscan artifact found in a field on September 26, 1877, near Gossolengo, in the province of Piacenza, Italy, now kept in the Municipal Museum of Piacenza, in the Palazzo
The Liver of Piacenza, with a diagram and Etruscan inscriptions.
The Liver of Piacenza, with a diagram and Etruscan inscriptions.
Giorces Veii Apollo 1
Giorces Veii Apollo 1
Haruspex
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A haruspex was a person trained to practise divination by the inspection of the entrails of sacrificed animals, especially the livers of sacrificed sheep and poultry, a practice called haruspicy in th
Liver of Piacenza
…Piacenza was founded in 218 BC as a Roman garrison town in Cisalpine Gaul). The liver is subdivided into sections for the purposes of performing haruspicy (hepatoscopy); the sections are inscribed with names of individual Etruscan deities. The Piacenza liver is a striking conceptual parallel to clay models…
The Liver of Piacenza, a bronze diagram of the sheep's liver found near Piacenza with Etruscan inscriptions
The Liver of Piacenza, a bronze diagram of the sheep's liver found near Piacenza with Etruscan inscriptions
Akkadian language clay sheep liver models written in a local dialect, recovered from the palace at Mari, dated to the 19th or 18th century BCE.
Akkadian language clay sheep liver models written in a local dialect, recovered from the palace at Mari, dated to the 19th or 18th century BCE.
Diagram of the bronze liver of Piacenza
Diagram of the bronze liver of Piacenza
Relief depicting a haruspex from the Roman Temple of Hercules
Relief depicting a haruspex from the Roman Temple of Hercules