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Sign of a growing pagan presence in Sepphoris, this bronze figurine dates to the second to third century C.E. Archaeologists uncovered it in a cistern beneath a house in the city’s residential section. This bronze representation of a seated musician is probably a satyr. In Greek and Roman mythology, satyrs were associated with the cult of Dionysus and often, by extension, with conviviality and licentious behavior.