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Title: Etruscan slinger
Post by TOMBELAINE on Nov 10^th, 2023 at 9:10am

Probably, a hunt for birds by the sea.

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Title: Re: Etruscan slinger
Post by joe_meadmaker on Nov 10^th, 2023 at 11:35pm

I think your assumption is correct. Looks like fishing and bird hunting with a sling happening together.

Do you have the source of this picture?

Title: Re: Etruscan slinger
Post by TOMBELAINE on Nov 13^th, 2023 at 4:58am

www.arte.tv/fr/videos/101362-000-A/les-etrusques-une-civilisation-mysterieuse-de-mediterranee/]https://org-www.arte.tv/fr/videos/101362-000-A/les-etrusques-une-civilisation-mysterieuse-de-mediterranee/[/url]

This image is taken from an INRAP tv documentary. INRAP : national institute for research and preventive archeology.

This mural exudes the joy of life. That's how I feel when I look at the mural.

Title: Re: Etruscan slinger
Post by Thearos on Nov 21^st, 2023 at 2:35pm

Could also be Hercules and the Stymphalian birds ?

Has anyone here ever hunted wataerfowl with the sling ?

Title: Re: Etruscan slinger
Post by TOMBELAINE on Nov 23^rd, 2023 at 6:34am

Good remark Thearos. I hadn't thought of it.
On Wikipedia, Hercule is represented among the Greeks with a bow and a lion's skin. He represents the god who protects against wild beasts. How is he represented in the rest of Mediterannean world ? I don't know.
Just my idea, this mural illustrates the leasure activities of the Etruscan rich people : birds hunting and fishing.

Title: Re: Etruscan slinger
Post by Thearos on Dec 2^nd, 2023 at 5:36am

Yes, it could just be leisure. Note that there is a representation of Herakles slinging at the birds (scroll down)

https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/birds.html