Gem: Grasshopper Playing the Lyre.

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Sard gem engraved with a grasshopper marching to the right, wearing a lion-skin and playing on a lyre. Length: 1 centimetres Height: 1.3 centimetres 1st-3rd centuries CE London, BM, 1814,0704.1447.

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Museum, B. (2015, April 16). Gem: Grasshopper Playing the Lyre.. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3808/gem-grasshopper-playing-the-lyre/

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Museum, British. "Gem: Grasshopper Playing the Lyre.." World History Encyclopedia, April 16, 2015. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3808/gem-grasshopper-playing-the-lyre/.

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