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BASILIUM

BASILIUM (βασίλειον, βασίλεια), a tall headdress peculiar to kings of Egypt and to the Egyptian goddess Isis. (Diod. 1.47; Plut. de Is. et Osir. 19 (2.358); Schol. in Aristoph. Pl. 926; C. Inscr. Lat. 2.3386; Orelli, 2510.)

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