Priest of Ceres, Roman goddess of grain and agriculture, holding a torch and hook. Zerene in the Etruscan religion, Macedonian goddess Zeirene Eleusia. From an engraved agate sapphire gem in a gold ring Sacerdos Cereris ex Achate in Museo Coratio. 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.

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