Carthage of the Phoenicians in the light of modern excavation (1905)
Moore, Mabel · New York, E.P. Dutton & co. [London and Bungay printed] · leaf 50
ecows head of our vase. Here is the descriptionof it given by Vincent Crespi, the author of thecatalogue. The vase I am about to describe, he says, is one of those objects whose singularity of formmakes it difficult to describe at first sight. In factit represents a sort of lamp with seven… … PU>iIC MASK, SIXIII CENTURY (Doilillics) THE NECROPOLIS OF DOUIMES 37 height. I cannot for certain affirm this object tobe actually a lamp, but in the case of its being oneit would probably be symbolic, or even magical incharacter, not only because it is a many-branchedlamp, of which type we…
Phoenicians · Art, Phoenician
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