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A Frontispiece to Ernst Gottlieb Baron’s Book

By Bernhard Fischer

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Acknowledgements: I thank Enzo Lippolis (“Sapienza”

University of Rome) and Daria Lanzuolo (German Archaeological
Institute, Rome) for their generous support.

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