Antiquities of the Jews 12.66-67

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Text Category
Literature: prose
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Reference
Antiquities of the Jews 12.66-67
Quotation
ἐνδιέκειντο δὲ ταῖς σχοινίσιν τῆς τορείας λίθοι πολυτελεῖς παράλληλοι περόναις χρυσαῖς διὰ τρημάτων κατειλημμένοι. τὰ δ’ ἐκ πλαγίου τῆς στεφάνης καὶ πρὸς ὄψιν ἀνατείνοντα ὠῶν ἐκ λίθου καλλίστου πεποιημένων θέσει κατακεκόσμητο ῥάβδοις τὴν ἀναγλυφὴν ἐοικότων πυκναῖς, αἳ περὶ τὸν κύκλον τῆς τραπέζης εἴληντο.
Part of Speech
Verb (compound) (passive)
Type of Thing Ornamented
Visual Work: Furniture
Object/ Person Ornamented
Table
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Medium/a Ornamenting
Oval figures, precious stones with gold laid to look like fruit
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Workmen
Notes
The arrangement of the stones becomes clear later in the passage.
Item Identifier
A00885
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