Limestone votive relief, Early Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 8 x 12 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (20.3 x 31.1 x 3.2 cm), Cesnola Inscriptions, Above is a figure, identified as Apollo, seated before an altar or baetyl (sacred stone), and below is a scene interpreted as showing workers in a mine or quarry. The inscription, in Cyprio-syllabic script, reads, 'Diaithemis dedicated [this] to the god Apollo in good fortune
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Limestone votive relief, Early Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C, Cypriot, Limestone, Overall, 8 x 12 1/4 1 1/4, 20.3 31.1 3.2 cm, Cesnola Inscriptions, figure, identified, Apollo, seated, altar, baetyl, sacred stone, scene interpreted, showing workers, mine, quarry, inscription, Cyprio-syllabic script, reads, Diaithemis dedicated, god Apollo, good fortune
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