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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 174

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the altar. In a village now called Tremitusa, the ancient siteof Tremithus, near Athieno, the ancient Golgoi, I founda stone cippus, which measures three feet in height, fourin breadth, and one in thickness. The pediment, with%\hich it is enriched, has a mythological head in thecentre, adorned with… … STONE ANTIQUITIES. 101 the third on the left hand is of a man with a head-dress.All these are evidently iconic, and from the strong familylikeness shown by the faces, the three persons must bereferred to the same family. The execution of thisinteresting piece of sepulchral sculpture, although…

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