Histories 3.24.2

Item

Text Category
Literature: prose
Century Range
Precise Date or Date Range
440
Location of Display
Reference
Histories 3.24.2
Quotation
ἐπεὰν τὸν νεκρὸν ἰσχνήνωσι, εἴτε δὴ κατά περ Αἰγύπτιοι εἴτε ἄλλως κως, γυψώσαντες ἅπαντα αὐτὸν γραφῇ κοσμέουσι, ἐξομοιεῦντες τὸ εἶδος ἐς τὸ δυνατόν, ἔπειτα δέ οἱ περιιστᾶσι στήλην ἐξ ὑέλου πεποιημένην κοίλην: ἣ δέ σφι πολλὴ καὶ εὐεργὸς ὀρύσσεται.
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
Bodies of deceased individuals in Ethiopia
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Cosmetics
Medium/a Ornamenting
Painting to look like the deceased person in life
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Ethiopian embalmers
Item Identifier
A02142
Determination
Derived directly from text