Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

NORA

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 738 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

NORA , an See also:

ancient See also:town of See also:Sardinia, 22 M. by road S.S.W. of See also:Carales. It was founded, according to See also:Pausanias (x. 17. 5), by the See also:Iberians under Norax, son of See also:Hermes, and was the most ancient town in the See also:island. The discoveries made on the site have, however, shown that it was certainly of Phoenician origin. In See also:Roman times too, we find the milestones on the road from Nora to Bitia and even on that from Nora to Carales reckoned from Nora (Corp. inscr. See also:Lat. x. 831; See also:Ephemeris epigraphica, viii. 18o) ; but the authors and the sepulchral See also:inscriptions found here give us no See also:information as to its juridical See also:condition. The town occupies a characteristically Phoenician site, a small See also:peninsula joined to the mainland by an See also:isthmus,, See also:low, narrow and sandy. Excavations have led to the See also:discovery of a few Phoenician buildings, the See also:foundations of a See also:temple of Tanit, of a road, of See also:quay walls at the See also:water's edge and of a See also:watch-See also:tower, on the extremity of the peninsula, which rises to some 150 ft. above the See also:sea. Two cemeteries were found, one of the 7th-6thcentury B.C., consisting of tombs cut in the See also:rock for inhumation, while in the other, going down to the 4th See also:century B.1.; See also:cremation is the See also:rule; there are ossuaries placed in holes in the See also:sand, with a sculptured See also:stele over each.

A quantity of small See also:

objects, gems, ivories, See also:glass, vases, terra-cottas, &c., were found; in some of them See also:Egyptian, in others See also:Greek, See also:influence and importation are apparent. To the Roman See also:period belong an See also:aqueduct, bringing the water from the neighbouring hills—one See also:pier of it rests upon a destroyed nuraghe—scanty remains of an See also:amphitheatre, a See also:theatre, considerable ruins of See also:concrete foundations (perhaps of villas by the sea) and a watch-tower on the promontory See also:close to the Phoenician tower. A full description of the site and the excavations is given by G. Patroni in Monumenti dei Lincei, xiv. (1905), III. On the isthmus is the curious small old See also:church of S Efisio, with a See also:nave and two aisles divided by heavy square pillars. At the festival of the See also:saint (May 1-4), his See also:body is brought in procession from the See also:cathedral at Cagliari; the festival is much frequented by See also:people from all parts of Sardinia.

End of Article: NORA

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
NOOTKA 		[next]
NORBA

Site © 2006 - Net Industries