Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926 · New York, The Century Co. · leaf 109
itation of Egyp-tian work. Sidon was for a long period under Egyp-tian rule. The Phenicians wereskilful weavers, dyers and bronze-workers. Solomons temple atJerusalem was largely of Pheni-cian workmanship, and the ac-counts in I Kings, vii, 13-45 andI Chronicles iii, 15-iv, IT provethe Phenicians… … Fig. 114. Cypriote StoneStele. ^GEAN AND ASIATIC The most characteristic is a species of i^almette springing from the concave side of a volutedcrescent (Figmes 108, 109, a, c),derived from the Assyrian pal-mette with horns, converging withthe Phenician crescent, symbol oftlie goddess Astarte. It…
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