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 162
STONE ANTIQUITIES. 91 plinth or pedestal. The inscription, which is vertical,after the style of the Egyptian sepulchral figures, orshahti, commences at the breast, and is continued downthe front of the figure to the hem of the rohe. Thecharacters, which are in some cases very indistinct, seemto… … Fig. 85. Inscribed Statuette. Stone. Moisidemos, apparently a Cypriote form of the Greekname, Musidemos, or Mousidemos, probably dedicatedthis as an iconic ofiering or votive memorial to one ofthe deities of Cypriote cult, in remembrance of a femalerelative. This figure was found by an ignorant…
