Historia Naturalis, 36.46 (5)

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Text Category
Literature: prose See all items with this value
Century Range
1st century CE See all items with this value
Location of Display
Rome See all items with this value
Author
Pliny the Elder See all items with this value
Reference
Historia Naturalis, 36.46 (5)
Language
Latin See all items with this value
Quotation
dicit ... regias quoque domus, cum lautissime, praeter aes, aurum, electrum, argentum ebore tantum adornans.
Part of Speech
Participle (compound) (active) See all items with this value
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Domestic Structure See all items with this value
Object/ Person Ornamented
Palaces and houses (in the descriptions of Homer)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Ivory See all items with this value
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals See all items with this value
Medium/a Ornamenting
Bronze, gold, electrum, silver, ivory (perhaps some carved and figural, whether scenic of patterned. None of this detail specified.)
Item Identifier
A00289
Determination
Derived directly from text
Item sets
1st century CE
Pliny the Elder
Architecture (Ornamented)
Building
Domestic Structure
Material
Precious Metals
Ivory