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The other drawing which may be connected with the first capture of
Dura is one found in the office of the actuarius of the XXth
Palmyrene cohort in one of the rooms which surrounded the court of the
temple of Azzanathkona (fig. 2). It was published and discussed by
Professor C. Hopkins and me.76
FIGURE IIIt represents, in the composition and style of Palmyra and Dura (nearest to it is the well known painting of Julius Terentius the tribune of the XXth Palmyrene cohort in the temple of Bel) a Roman officer, probably the commander of the XXth Palmyrene cohort, sacrificing to the god Jarhibol, whose statue, crowned by a Nike and an eagle, is represented standing on a stepped base (with painted dedicatory inscriptions) in the center of the drawing. The officer is represented to the left of the statue. Behind him is seen a horseman advancing slowly to the right. He is dressed in a Palmyrene military parade-dress and is seated on a heavy horse of the Palmyrene and Durene type with typical Palmyrene trappings. Before the horseman stands a young man or a boy with a palm branch and perhaps a wreath in his hands. Under the feet of the horse are seen circles, which in all probability represent gold coins strewn before the rider, a well known greeting which I have discussed in my remarks on the drawing cited above. It is needless to repeat my detailed description and discussion of this scene. The combination of the Roman officer with a noble Palmyrene in military dress is a feature which cannot be called conventional. Nor is the victorious Palmyrene god Jarhibol, crowned by a Nike and an eagle, apparently after a success of Palmyrene |
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