Antiquities of the Jews 10.225

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Literature: prose
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Antiquities of the Jews 10.225
Quotation
καὶ τειχίσας ἀξιολόγως τὴν πόλιν καὶ τοὺς πυλῶνας κοσμήσας ἱεροπρεπῶς κατεσκεύασεν ἐν τοῖς πατρικοῖς βασιλείοις ἕτερα βασίλεια ἐχόμενα αὐτῶν, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἀνάστημα καὶ τὴν λοιπὴν πολυτέλειαν περισσὸν ἴσως ἂν εἴη λέγειν, πλὴν ὅσον τὰ μεγάλα καὶ ὑπερήφανα συνετελέσθη ἡμέραις πεντεκαίδεκα. ’
Part of Speech
Participle (active)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Infrastructure
Object/ Person Ornamented
Gates of Babylon
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Carving
Visual Work: Inlay
Visual Work: Gilding
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: carving, inlay, or gilding
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Nebuchadnezzar
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A00881
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Interpreted from context