cheenc03a.pdf

SOYTHOPOLIS
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From their' old hDme the eastern branfh oT this
people was also driven by invaders across the Jasartes
into Chomsmin. Margiana,
Ea
and Bactria.
Kteriar. Cyrus fought
Scythians, According to
aavinst there Scythinns, and forced
Amorgs to aid him in his war upon Crtesvs (546).
There is orobvhlv also n nucleus of truth in his account
of ~yru!. war 'with the Uerhikkie, though he has
wrongly connected hin death with this war. There
is no reason for doubtine the substantial acc-cv of
SEA, THE BRAZEN
SEA, THE BRUEN(~V~);! D!:
THN eahacca~
THN X ~ K H z N K. 25 13 Jer. 5217 [om. A] r Ch. 18 8).
sire and THE MOLTEN SEA (i))..)D a:;?; THN
form tlahaCCaN [Bl. T. 8. ~YTHN [A]. T. 8.
XYTHN [L], I K 723: T- 8. XYTHN
[BAL]. 2 Ch.42). or simply THE SEA (I K.7,*, 2 K.
16.7. 2 Ch. 41~). the large bronze reservoir which s60d
in the SE, angle of the court of Solomon's temple. The
designation 'sea' is explained by Jorephui from the size
(Azt. uiii. 31 : inh$Bn . . . Bdhoooa 616 rb pk7eB~r).
According to the description in I K. izs~?a the 'seu' was
round, measuring lo cubits (17.22 ft.') in width and g
(8.61) in depth; $and a line of 30 cubits (6WAL 33
cubits) compassed it round about.' These numbcrs are
ofcourse only approximate-not givenwith mathematical
precision, otherwise to a diameter of 10 cubits would
have correspondrdacircumferenceof y.q5g.. . cubits;
failure to observe this has caused commentators needless
trouble. The capacity of the 'sea' (I K. 716 : bsL
om.) was 2000 hath~=16,oro gallons (see WEIGHTS
AND MEASURES, 93). 9 Ch. gives 3000 baths (=z.+.org
gallonr), certainly an innpossible figure, even that of
I K. being too large for the data; a hemisphere of the
dimensions given contains only 6376 gallons and a
cylinder 10,798 zallons.' Even if, in view of what is
it, hem