Caption

View of sandstone blocks Stones made of sandstone with written chiselled laws carved into the wall of the archway behind the amphitheatre City law of Gortys carved in stone Gortyn law book Large inscription, written in Doric dialect alternately from left to right and right to left, oldest discovered legal text in Europe, Gortyna, Crete, Greece, Europe

Date

May 17, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK24G40_177

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38,8Mb (3,5Mb) / 14,2in x 10,6in / 4252 x 3189 (300dpi)

Keywords

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