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MOB 9. Mobile artifact. (Lead st<strong>at</strong>uette <strong>of</strong> Heracles and the hind).<br />

Present loc<strong>at</strong>ion: Naval Museum, Capo Colonna.<br />

Description: This st<strong>at</strong>uette might represent the myth <strong>of</strong> Heracles and the Ceryneian hind.<br />

Cast in lead, it probably decor<strong>at</strong>ed a wooden item on board the ship, or the ship itself. Two<br />

holes are visible <strong>at</strong> the base, with a bronze nail still fixed in one. On the back a cavity is<br />

visible inside the hind’s body, probably due to the “lost wax” casting technique, and a lead<br />

strip supports Heracles’ st<strong>at</strong>uette. This little group was clearly made to be seen frontally.<br />

otes: Discovered in 1983, during the Aquarius’ excav<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Bibliography: Unpublished.<br />

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