Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 184
money the early Phoenician coins being copies of Greek PHCENICIAN ART. 163 ones (Figs. 212, 213). The votive stele (Fig. 214), fromCarthage, shows the Greek Ionic-like columns, with theblessing hand, and a collection of sacred Phoenicianemblems. Greek architects were employed in Carthageabout this… … Fig. 216.—Coin of Byblos, with Sacred Cone, enlarged. (P. & C.) House of God, the great w^orship of the Phoenicians.The sign at the top is meant for a rude idea of the headand arms of a god (Tanit, face of Baal r). The figure onthe right is the cone again, with the emblems of thegoddess Astarte…
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