De Iside et Osiride 39

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Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Location of Display
Reference
De Iside et Osiride 39
Quotation
εἶτα γῆν κάρπιμον φυρῶσι τῷ ὕδατι, καὶ συμμίξαντες ἀρώματα καὶ θυμιάματα τῶν πολυτελῶν ἀναπλάττουσι μηνοειδὲς ἀγαλμάτιον καὶ τοῦτο στολίζουσι καὶ κοσμοῦσιν, ἐμφαίνοντες ὅτι γῆς οὐσίαν καὶ ὕδατος τοὺς θεοὺς τούτους νομίζουσι.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Cultic: Object: Effigies/ Representations
Object/ Person Ornamented
Mud shaped into a cult image in the shape of a crescent
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Clothing
Visual Work: Jewellery
Medium/a Ornamenting
Fine clothes and precious objects
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Egyptian priests
Item Identifier
A01871
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