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Mosaic of the nymph Cyrene, a Thessalian princess (the daughter of King Hypseus of the Lapiths), and later, the queen and ruler of the North African city of Cyrene. She holds a flagon in her left hand and a reed in her right. From Lambaesis (present-day Tazoult) in Algeria. Dated to the 2nd or 3rd century CE.
Museum of Lambaesis.
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