[The ruins of Balbec] / Borra Arch delin. ; T. Major sculp.

Print shows a view of the ruins at Baʻlabakk, with three men in conversation, two are holding long spears, in the left foreground among fragments of buildings, (A) on the left and (B) on the right, with the columns of the Temple of Jupiter (D) and the Temple of Bacchus (C) at center in the background. Some features are identified by letter; lacks key.

Printed on upper left corner: Tab. XII.

Inscribed in pencil at bottom center: Balbec.

Print is trimmed on right and left sides to the edge of the margin.

Published in: The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria / Robert Wood. London : 1757, Tab. XII.

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