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Zeus Ombrios
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Hadrian to that of of Geta (figs. 374, 375)1 he is a youthful hunter.
Under Gordianus Pius (fig. 376)2, though still youthful, he approxi-
mates more closely to the normal
aspect of Zeus ; for, while raising his
right hand, he holds a thunderbolt
on his left arm and sometimes has an
eagle at his feet3 or else is crowned
by Nike standing on a column behind
him. On bronze pieces issued c. 250—
—i$o B.C. (fig. 377)4 he appears as
a mature man half-draped in a
himdtion and uplifting a wreath. On
other bronze pieces struck in s. ii or
i B.C. (fig. 378)5 a laureate head with
a bushy beard is aptly described by
Sir G. F. Hill as ' Zeus, that is to say
Marnas.'6
The same god is represented on
a colossal scale by a figure found
near Gaza in 1879 and now in the M E «
Imperial Museum at Constantinople
(%• 379)7- In a sand-dune known as
Tell el Ajoul (' Hill of the Calf) on
the left side of the Wadi Gazze,
some two hours to the south-west of % E £
Gaza, Arab masons had dug up \|E
certain well-cut blocks of stone and
sold them in the town. Prospecting
for more they discovered, lying on its back ii E- "^7
°f which showed remains of a mosaic pave E-°? \J
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1 Supra p. 550. =55 O
2 Brit. Mns. Cat. Coins Palestine p. 168 pi. 17, 9 ( = 1 =—
3 G. F. Hill Some Palestinian Cults p. 17. E. "t—
4 F. De Saulcy Numismatique de la terrc sainte Par ^ *- |
%■ 377). Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Palestine pp. lxxi, 143 p =— O %
28*Pl- 77,31- §. Q y
6 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Palestine pp. lxxf., 143 pi- ' -
a cast). =—
6 Sir G. F. Hill in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Palestin E_
7 Mendel Cat. Sculpt. Constantinople \\. 352 ff. no. 6i. ^ ^ w
G- Murad in the Arch. Zeit. 1879 xxxvii. 198 ('ohne =— £
editorial comment 'vermuthlich Serapis'), C. R. C[ondei =_
Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1S82 London p. 147 f. fig -
Geography of the Holy Land London 1894 p. 188, W. Dr< =— Q^J
2382, Reinach Rip. Stat. ii. 14 no. 6. E_
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SSI
Hadrian to that of of Geta (figs. 374, 375)1 he is a youthful hunter.
Under Gordianus Pius (fig. 376)2, though still youthful, he approxi-
mates more closely to the normal
aspect of Zeus ; for, while raising his
right hand, he holds a thunderbolt
on his left arm and sometimes has an
eagle at his feet3 or else is crowned
by Nike standing on a column behind
him. On bronze pieces issued c. 250—
—i$o B.C. (fig. 377)4 he appears as
a mature man half-draped in a
himdtion and uplifting a wreath. On
other bronze pieces struck in s. ii or
i B.C. (fig. 378)5 a laureate head with
a bushy beard is aptly described by
Sir G. F. Hill as ' Zeus, that is to say
Marnas.'6
The same god is represented on
a colossal scale by a figure found
near Gaza in 1879 and now in the M E «
Imperial Museum at Constantinople
(%• 379)7- In a sand-dune known as
Tell el Ajoul (' Hill of the Calf) on
the left side of the Wadi Gazze,
some two hours to the south-west of % E £
Gaza, Arab masons had dug up \|E
certain well-cut blocks of stone and
sold them in the town. Prospecting
for more they discovered, lying on its back ii E- "^7
°f which showed remains of a mosaic pave E-°? \J
— CM
m -
i
— o
1 Supra p. 550. =55 O
2 Brit. Mns. Cat. Coins Palestine p. 168 pi. 17, 9 ( = 1 =—
3 G. F. Hill Some Palestinian Cults p. 17. E. "t—
4 F. De Saulcy Numismatique de la terrc sainte Par ^ *- |
%■ 377). Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Palestine pp. lxxi, 143 p =— O %
28*Pl- 77,31- §. Q y
6 Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Palestine pp. lxxf., 143 pi- ' -
a cast). =—
6 Sir G. F. Hill in the Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins Palestin E_
7 Mendel Cat. Sculpt. Constantinople \\. 352 ff. no. 6i. ^ ^ w
G- Murad in the Arch. Zeit. 1879 xxxvii. 198 ('ohne =— £
editorial comment 'vermuthlich Serapis'), C. R. C[ondei =_
Fund. Quarterly Statement for 1S82 London p. 147 f. fig -
Geography of the Holy Land London 1894 p. 188, W. Dr< =— Q^J
2382, Reinach Rip. Stat. ii. 14 no. 6. E_
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