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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 839 france Gender:	Etruscan slinger Nov 10^th, 2023 at 9:10am Probably, a hunt for birds by the sea.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3955 PA, USA	Re: Etruscan slinger Reply #1 - 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?
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TOMBELAINE Funditor Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 839 france Gender:	Re: Etruscan slinger Reply #2 - Nov 13^th, 2023 at 4:58am https://org-www.arte.tv/fr/videos/101362-000-A/les-etrusques-une-civilisation-my... 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.
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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3437	Re: Etruscan slinger Reply #3 - Nov 21^st, 2023 at 2:35pm Could also be Hercules and the Stymphalian birds ? Has anyone here ever hunted wataerfowl with the sling ?
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Reply #4 - 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.

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Thearos Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take that Posts: 3437	Re: Etruscan slinger Reply #5 - 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
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