Seleucia, Turkey: a ruined tomb. Steel engraving by T. Dixon, 1843, after W.H. Bartlett.

  • Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.
Date:
1843
Reference:
2124966i
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Seleucia Pieria was the capital of Seleucus I Nicator, in Syria Prima. It functioned as the commercial and naval seaport of the western Seleucid capital of Antioch ad Orontes (present-day Antakya). In the engraving, two men pray near the sepulchre, in which are three goats

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London ; Paris : Fisher, Son & Co., 1843.

Physical description

1 print : steel engraving ; image 12.4 x 19 cm

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Sepulchre at Seleucia. Sepulchre à Seleucie. W. H. Bartlett. T. Dixon.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2124966i

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