<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Runes" title="Runes">Runic</a> inscription on the shoulder of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Lion">lion</a> standing at the left side of the monumental entrance of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Arsenale_in_Venice" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsenale in Venice">Arsenale in Venice</a>. It is an Ancient Greek sculpture, originally at the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Piraeus" title="Piraeus">Piraeus</a> in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, brought to Venice by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Morosini" class="mw-redirect" title="Francesco Morosini">Francesco Morosini</a>, who conquered the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Peloponnesus">Peloponnesus</a>. The inscription was scratched in 1040 by Viking mercenaries, serving the Byzantine emperor, sent to Athens to crush a revolt against taxation. Picture by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">Giovanni Dall'Orto</a>, August 3 2007.
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Self-published work by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:G.dallorto" title="User:G.dallorto">G.dallorto</a>