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Bronze Coiled Snake
ID: TWCSEMUH05 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2021

Bronze Coiled Snake

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This bronze coiled snake was found in one of the Terrace Houses at Ephesus near busts of Emperor Tiberius and his mother Livia. A snake was considered to be the visible image of the invisible divine spirit that watched over a household.