Antiquities of the Jews 12.66-67
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Literature: prose See all items with this value
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1st century CE See all items with this value
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Flavius Josephus See all items with this value
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Antiquities of the Jews 12.66-67
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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.
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Verb (compound) (passive) See all items with this value
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Table
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Oval figures, precious stones with gold laid to look like fruit
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Workmen
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The arrangement of the stones becomes clear later in the passage.
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A00885
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