Antiquities of the Jews 17.162

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Author
Reference
Antiquities of the Jews 17.162
Quotation
καὶ τοῦ ναοῦ τὴν κατασκευὴν ὡς μεγάλοις τέλεσι τοῖς αὐτοῦ γένοιτο μὴ δυνηθέντων ἔτεσιν ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιπέντε τῶν Ἀσαμωναίου ἐν οἷς ἐβασίλευον τοιόνδε τι ἐπὶ τιμῇ πρᾶξαι τοῦ θεοῦ, κοσμῆσαι δὲ καὶ ἀναθήμασιν ἀξιολόγοις
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Building: Temple
Cultic: Building: Temple
Object/ Person Ornamented
The Temple of Jerusalem
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Architecture: Architectural Element
Cultic: Object: Ritual Objects
Medium/a Ornamenting
Vague ornament but probably architectural elements and ritual objects
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Herod
Item Identifier
A00918
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Interpreted from context