Newton, Charles T. [Hrsg.]; Pullan, Richard P. [Hrsg.]: A history of discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae (Band 2, Teil 1) (London, 1862)

FIELD OF HADJI CAPTAN. 289

The medallion on the west (E, 1) represented
a female bust; round the head was inscribed
" ITalicarnassus,"

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of which city this bust is a figurative representa-
tion. The head was surmounted by a mitre,
coloured crimson. The tunic was light blue, bor-
dered with black, having two parallel vertical stripes
in orange down the breast. These were united by
a zigzag of black, red, and orange..

In the central medallion (E, 2) was a female bust
representing the city of Alexandria. The head was
turreted; on the shoulders was a tunic ornamented
with two parallel vertical stripes, black and orange,
between which were zigzags, red, orange, and pink.
On either side of the stripes was a zigzag, black
and orange, on a blue ground. Bound the head
was inscribed the name:

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Medallion E, 3, represents, in like manner, the
city of Berytus (Beyrout). This female head was
surmounted by a crimson mitre; the hair was long.
The tunic was, in like manner, ornamented with
vertical and zigzag stripes. The colours employed
Were orange and black for the vertical stripes^
and black, orange, and white, for the zigzags.

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