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Offline Mayadigger

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ID for Dolphin holding Orb?
« on: October 26, 2022, 05:28:50 pm »
Ave!

Copper alloy; 32mm/3.6gm

Perhaps a fragment of a Byzantine dolphin buckle?

Looks more like a dragon holding a pearl in its jaws, to me anyway.

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Re: ID for Dolphin holding Orb?
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2022, 06:46:15 pm »
Eagle??

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Re: ID for Dolphin holding Orb?
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2022, 09:43:52 pm »
Maybe a wading bird with clam or sun-disc?  African flamingo.
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