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Picture No 10057317
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Description LUSTRATING AN OX
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A Roman priest lustrates an ox - anoints it with holy water to make it spiritually clean - before slitting its throat as an appropriate gift to the gods
Source unnamed artist in Ephemeridum Germanicorum, circa 1670 (German scientific journal in Latin)
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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