Caelestis Afrorum Dea riding a lion

Caelestis Afrorum Dea, Roman goddess in crown, riding a lion, clutching thunderbolts. Known in Carthage as Tanit or Tanith, the Punic sky goddess. From an engraved cornelian gem. Dea Coelestis Inci. in Corneola. Copperplate engraving from Francesco Valesio, Antonio Gori and Ridolfino Venuti's Academia Etrusca, Museum Cortonense in quo Vetera Monumenta, (Etruscan Academy or Museum of Cortona), Faustus Amideus, Rome, 1750

18th Century Academia Etrusca Antonio Gori Carthage Cornelian Corneola Cortona Etruria Etruscan Etruscan Academy Faustus Amideus Francesco Valesio Museum Cortonense Museum Of Cortona Ridolfino Venuti Roman Goddess Tanit Thunderbolts Vetera Monumenta

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