Antiquities of the Jews 8.147

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Literature: prose
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Antiquities of the Jews 8.147
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μνημονεύει δὲ καὶ Δῖος λέγων οὕτως: ‘Ἀβιβάλου τελευτήσαντος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ Εἴρωμος ἐβασίλευσεν. οὗτος τὰ πρὸς ἀνατολὰς μέρη τῆς πόλεως προσέχωσε καὶ μεῖζον τὸ ἄστυ ἐποίησε καὶ τοῦ Ὀλυμπίου Διὸς τὸ ἱερὸν καθ᾽ ἑαυτὸ ὂν ἐγχώσας τὸν μεταξὺ τόπον συνῆψε τῇ πόλει καὶ χρυσοῖς ἀναθήμασιν ἐκόσμησεν: ἀναβὰς δὲ εἰς τὸν Λίβανον ὑλοτόμησε πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἱερῶν κατασκευήν. ’
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Infrastructure
Object/ Person Ornamented
Enlarged embankment in the Eastern quarter of the city, connecting to the Temple of Olympian Zeus
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gold offerings
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Hirom, king of Tyre, son of Abibal
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A00875
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