c. AD 77

J. BJ 3.511

The Wars of the Jews 3.511

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

3.511

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

511and indeed it hath its name of Phiala [vial or bowl] very justly, from the roundness of its circumference, as being round like a wheel; its water continues always up to its edges, without either sinking or running over.