De Iside et Osiride 38

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De Iside et Osiride 38
Quotation
τῶν τ᾽ ἄστρων τὸν σείριον Ἴσιδος νομίζουσιν, ὑδραγωγὸν ὄντα. καὶ τὸν λέοντα τιμῶσι καὶ χάσμασι λεοντείοις τὰ τῶν ἱερῶν θυρώματα κοσμοῦσιν, ὅτι πλημμυρεῖ Νεῖλος ἠελίου τὰ πρῶτα συνερχομένοιο λέοντι
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Architectural Element
Cultic: Building: Shrine
Architecture: Building: Shrine
Object/ Person Ornamented
Doorways of shrines
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Statue
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Carving
Medium/a Ornamenting
Gaping lion's heads (appliques? mouldings? carvings?)
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Egyptians
Item Identifier
A01870
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Derived directly from text