ig. 64, is a much more ambitious work of art. The cmblcma,which weighed 7 5 Roman ounces, while the phiala weighed2 lb. 2J ounces, was at first thought to be an allegorical figureof the city of Alexandria, and thus to furnish confirmation of thetheory which traced the origins of Roman caelatura to… … Fig. 63. Goblet from Bosco Reale. the conventional representations of Alexandria are quite different.The figure was gilded, and as the ears are pierced, it must haveworn earrings which are now lost ; we read in an inscription of agolden figure of the town of Noreia (Klagenfurt) which adorneda…
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