CYPRUS. 43 
third century'. In 1767, an excavation being 
made to procure from its ruins materials for 
. Last 
building, the workmen discovered a marble bust Remains of 
oi Caracalla, some medals of Septimius Severus, ^'^'^' 
Antoninus Caracalla, and Julia Domna, with Greek 
inscriptions. Upon their obverse sides were 
exhibited the Temple of Paphos\ with the legend 
KOINONKYHPinN. Some of them had the 
image of Caracalla on one side, and that of Geta 
on the other. There were also others, with 
the head of the Emperor Claudius *. 
Many circumstances occurred to excite our 
curiosity concerning the interior of the island ; 
although we despaired of being able to penetrate 
as far as Bafa, the antient Paphos, owing to the ^"ff"- 
(2) Maria's Travels, vol. I. p. 61. 
(3) Jledals corresponding with this description are alluded to by 
different authors, and recently by the Editor of the Oxford edition of 
Straho, in his Notes to that work : " Formam tempU et st/mboH Veneris 
in nummis videre est." (Vid. p. 973. in Not.) The image of the 
Goddess had not the human form. " Simulacrum Dea non effigie 
humand." (Tacitus.) Tlaipiois n /^h 'A^oo^irti to,; n/^as 'ix'h ''« ^^ a.ya.Xi/.a, 
»VK an tinafais liXX'ji reii ?i xuoafifSi Xstz-^" it Ti liXij ayveiTrai. \Max. T'yrius, 
Diss. 38.) The form of an Indian idol at Juggernaut is said to be 
a cone, answering to the antient account of the Paphian Goddess. 
This confirms what was before advanced, concerning the nature of 
the Cyjn-ian Venus. The pateras used by priestesses in the rites of 
Ceres, had this pyramidal node, or cone, in the centre. A priestess is 
represented holding one of these upon a bas-relief in the Vestibule 
oiCamlridge University Library'. See " Greek Marbles," No. XV. p. 37. 
(4) The bust was sent to the British Consul, and is therefore pro- 
bably now in England, Mariti says, the medals were given to him, 
vol. I. p. 60. 
