Phoenicia


  P.1723 - §6 They rowed over to near the village of Kheresa, put their boat in the custody of friends, and began the wanderings of this eventful last year of the Master's life on earth. For a time they remained in the domains of Philip, going from Kheresa up to Caesarea-Philippi, thence making their way over to the coast of Phoenicia.
 
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Note the rosette of the tree of life on one leg.

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According to Pliny the Elder, Phoenicians were the first to stumble upon the glass manufacturing technique. Subsequently, Syria became a major exporter of glass to the rest of the Roman empire.

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Maybe the tree of life?

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