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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Figure 160

Photograph courtesy of © Mark Wilson
Column B from Temple A. Displays three registers (with figures inside of wreaths) with Latin inscriptions. In the upper wreath is a relief of the god Apollo, (APOLLINISACRUM); the middle relief of two griffins (VOTISXX), and the last of Fortuna (Gr. Tyche, FORTUNAE SACRUM).

Figure 155

Photograph courtesy of © Mark Wilson
The middle wreath on column A with the relief of Laodicea (Fortuna/Tyche) with a turreted crown representing the city wall of Laodicea. The Latin inscription reads LADICIA SACRUM translated as “Laodicea Scared”.

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