Salaminia (Cyprus) : the history, treasures, & antiquities of Salamis in the island of Cyprus (1882)
Cesnola, Alexander Palma di, 1837-, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : Trübner and Co. · leaf 145
vogue forgnostic or heretical worship, at a period coeval with thetop itself. The evidence of style is, however, unchallenge-able. The finder of this very curious relic of Cypriote anti-quity Avas doomed to disappointment while he fanciedthat it might contain treasure. The box, being… … Fisr. 73. Subject rarved on Box. Ivory. cannot be any doubt that a stone which had been socarefidly and, so to say, sumptuously deposited in theearth many centuries ago, must have had a peculiarhistory and characteristics, all hopes for elucidatingwhich vanished for ever when the pebble was…
