The constellation
S166 Mutilation: skin cut from back
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- Mutilations · S160 entry
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- Mutilation: beard torn off with the skin (and cheeks). (Cf. S187.1.) · S166.1 entry
- Mutilation: cheek and chin cut off, but held together by biting the beard · S166.2 entry
- Mutilation: shoulder-skin torn off in wrestling · S166.3 entry
- Mutilation: cheeks cut off. (Cf. S166.2.) · S166.4 entry
- Mutilation: chin and lips cut off · S166.5 entry
- Blood-eagle cut on man's back by flaying and salting · S166.6 entry