Antiquities of the Jews 13.20

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Antiquities of the Jews 13.20
Quotation
ὡς δ’ εἶδον αὐτοὺς ἄγοντας τὴν παρθένον καὶ τὸν νυμφίον καὶ φίλων σὺν αὐτοῖς οἷον εἰκὸς ἐν γάμοις ὄχλον, ἀναπηδήσαντες ἐκ τῆς ἐνέδρας ἀπέκτειναν ἅπαντας καὶ τὸν κόσμον καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ὅση τότε εἵπετο λεία τοῖς ἀνθρώποις λαβόντες ὑπέστρεψαν
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Procession for wedding planned for a son of Ambri to an Arabian woman from Gabatha
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Silver
Visual Work: Jewellery
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Vessel
Visual Work: Furniture
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: dowry objects such as textiles, jewellery, vessels in precious metals, furniture
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
The family of Ambri
Item Identifier
A00890
Determination
Interpreted from context