Historia Naturalis, 37.73 (19)

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Reference
Historia Naturalis, 37.73 (19)
Quotation
Iuba auctor est smaragdum quam chloran vocent in Arabia aedificiorum ornamentis includi et lapidem quem alabastriten Aegyptii vocent
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building
Object/ Person Ornamented
Buildings in Arabia (Loeb renders "houses" but the Latin is less specific)
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Medium/a Ornamenting
Inlayed green stone "smaragdus" (often "emerald") known as "chlora", and the stone the Egyptians call "alabastrites".
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
People of Arabia
Item Identifier
A00292
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Derived directly from text