The Open court . -, i). They are apparently very early, at least as early as thetwelfth century B. C. and approximate the Paphos representationsso closely that it seems legitimate to conjecture that the Paphosshrine is their original, existing practically unchanged until thetime of Augustuss renovation. Therefore, whether the Roman coins we have represent the old*or the new temple it makes little difference, since we are justifiedby its type in tracing back to Phoenicia as its original source. These coins are no two alike, but the variations are not funda-mental and are easily explicable as du
The Open court . -, i). They are apparently very early, at least as early as thetwelfth century B. C. and approximate the Paphos representationsso closely that it seems legitimate to conjecture that the Paphosshrine is their original, existing practically unchanged until thetime of Augustuss renovation. Therefore, whether the Roman coins we have represent the old*or the new temple it makes little difference, since we are justifiedby its type in tracing back to Phoenicia as its original source. These coins are no two alike, but the variations are not funda-mental and are easily explicable as due to variations of skill, ordifferent schemes of diagrammatic depiction of the same type. Thesimplest, commonest form, perhaps, is that given below (Fig. 2).Here we merely have two pillars bound together by cross-pieces,a semicircular forecourt, through the simple porch the cone of thegoddess surmounted by her sacred dove, and on either side of theuprights conic symbols akin to that within. Between this and later. Fig. 2. COIN OF , pi. XLIII, 17. Perrot and Chipiez III, p. 270, fig. 262. coins the degree of complexity varies much, but these here-givenelements persist. The highest uprights seem to be modified Egyptian the top is often draped what seems to be a garland of flow-ers, though it is barely conceivable that it is an awning. The flank-ing cones are omnipresent, being the advertisement of the femininityof the deity within. Later they are also often represented as candle-sticks, with flames at the top; which may perfectly well have beentheir utilitarian adaptation in later times. Their significance asanalogous to Jakin and Boaz I discuss later. There seems to bean open court beyond the porch, in whose midst stands the sacredimage, symbol of the goddess. Tacitus remarks that this imagewas never wet by rain, although in the open air. In an engraved mirror from Cyprus (Fig. 3) this structure is re-peated. But here the flanking cones apparently are
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