[510] In Cyprus also a mask of this kind has been found. [511] Von Gutschmid, in "Fleckeisens Jahrbücher," 1875, s. 579. [512] [Greek: ATHÊNAION s' g' pinax]; A. 7, B. 8. [513] Helbig, "Cenni sopra l'arte fenicia," p. 17 ff. [514] Ceccaldi, "Les fouilles de Curium," Revue Archéolog. 1877. [515] Renan, _loc. cit._ pp. 175, 181, 397. [516] Job xix. 23. [517] Rödiger, "Z. D. M. G." 9, 647; Schlottmann, "Inschrift Esmunazars;" Halévy, "Mélanges," pp. 9, 34; Oppert, "Records of the Past," 9, 109. [518] Strabo, p. 757. [519] Joshua xix. 26. Strabo, p. 758. Tacitus says, "On the shore of Judæa the Belus falls into the sea: the sand collected at the mouth of this river, when mixed with saltpetre, is melted into glass. The strip of shore is of moderate extent, but inexhaustible;" "Hist." 5, 7 [520] Pliny, "Hist. Nat." 5, 17. [521] Adolph Schmidt, "Forschungen auf dem Gebiete des Alterthums," s. 69. [522] Schmidt, _loc. cit._ 129 ff. [523] Herod. 4, 151; Pliny, "Hist. Nat." 9, 60; Strabo, pp. 145, 835. [524] Strabo, p. 757. [525] Pliny, "Hist. Nat." 5, 17. [526] Plut. "Alex." c. 36. [527] Movers, "Phoeniz." 3, 103. [528] Job xxviii. 1-11. In this description the author could only have Phenician mines in his eye. [529] Müllenhoff, "Deutsche Altertumskunde," 1, 120 ff. [530] Strabo, p. 142. Kotini = the Oleastrum of the Romans; Pliny, "Hist. Nat." 3, 3. Ptolem. 2, 4, 14. [531] Strabo, pp. 175, 176, 120; Pliny, "Hist. Nat." 7, 57. [532] Ezekiel xxvii. 5, 6; Levy, "Siegel und Gemmen." If the first text of the Pentateuch represents the names of the tribes of the people as engraved upon the precious stones in the shield on the breast of the high priest (Exod. xxv. 7; xxviii. 9 ff, _supra_, 207), the author had, no doubt, the work of Phenician artists in his eye. [533] Pliny, "Hist. Nat." 5, 13. [534] Diodor. 19, 58. [535] Isaiah ii. 16. [536] Xen. "Oecon." 8, 12. [537] Movers, "Phoeniz." 3, 182 ff, 191 ff. CHAPTER XII. THE TRADE OF THE PHENICIANS.