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_harpé_ shown on the taurobolic altars, is perhaps in reality a boar-spear having a kind of hilt (_mora_; cf. Grattius, _Cyneg. _, 110) to prevent the blade from entering too far.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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