Lydian Relief: 5th Century BCE

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Ronnie Jones III
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published on 29 June 2017
Lydian Relief: 5th Century BCE Download Full Size Image

This relief of a male holding a bird is from the 5th century BCE, found in modern day western Turkey near the ancient city of Thyatira. Thyatira was named such by Seleucos I Nicator around 290 BCE but prior to that it was an important city center for the Lydian kingdom. This relief is housed in the Akhisar History Museum, Turkey.

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Ronnie Jones III
In university Ronnie concentrated his studies on the Greco-Roman world while writing his senior thesis on the Reformation. He has studied Koine Greek and Hebrew at the masters level, and is currently studying Turkish.

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