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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Votive"”.
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The Votive Deposits from the Hera Sanctuary at Perachora: From Deposits to Maintenance
… data. As proof of concept, I reassess the major votive deposits from the Heraion of Perachora—contained on the upper and lower terraces—excavated in the early 20thcentury. By investigating the stratigraphy in the areas associated with these deposits, I elucidate a more comprehensive understanding …
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A votive chapel foring a subordinate element in a great cathedral - monastery scheme
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, 1912
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To What Extent are Nornour's Roman Votive Finds Indicative of Roman Religious Activity on the Isles of Scilly?
… to contribute to their interpretation. Are they votive in nature? Previous interpretations of the site will be considered, in conjunction with aspects of a settlement at Halangy Down and a fogou at Peninnis, both on St Mary’s, and an altar on Tresco, in an overview of evidence for religious …
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Maritime Iconography at Punic Votive Sites at Carthage and Cirta: An Analysis of Watercraft Imagery from the 4th-1st c. BCE
… mortuary rituals. I propose the term 'Cinerary Votive Site' to more accurately describe these archaeological sites and the evidence of ritual practice that are agreed upon (the burial of cremated human and animal remains and the inscriptions that confirm the votive nature of the deposits). The …
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Death, society and social change: the Iron Age of southern Jutland 200 B.C. - 600 A.D.
… material available for the period, from burials, votive hoards and settlements, to reconstruct the long-term social development of that area. The first section deals with the representativity of the material from the three contexts to establish the biases in retrieval of information from the …
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The core assemblage of the Iron Age cult in Palestine
… culture found in Iron Age temples, chapels, votive shrines, and offertory shrines. The paradigms are then applied to Megiddo 2081, concluding that it was a chapel and not a mere corner shrine. After an introductory chapter, chapter 2 surveys the history of research on the investigation of …
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Representations of Human and Satyr Children Through Stages of Childhood Development in Athenian Art of the Sixth to the Fourth Century B.C.E. An Iconographical and Contextual Approach.
… through images on Attic vases, plaques, and votive reliefs. A six-stage model of childhood development – newborn to adolescence – was designed to appraise the ages of children. This new model allows for more precise age determination, especially for the youngest children (birth to three …
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In Search of Border Sanctuaries: Religion, Landscape, and Territory in the Peloponnese
… with wild and so-called “liminal” places. Votive materials also vary, but deposits of dedicated arms and armor are present at many of the sanctuaries. The usage of, and access to, the sanctuaries are dependent on their relationships to regional routes as well as the local political …
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Studies in the Hellenistic Sculpture of the Island of Rhodes
… give evidence of a continuous pattern of bronze votive and honorary portrait statuary from the fourth century into the first century of the Christian era. There is clear evidence of local sculptural production in the bronze portraits, which must have been locally produced because of their very …
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Religious Practices in Classical Thebes
… I argue that studying Theban literature and votive offerings in tandem can provide a perspective at the micro-level of Greek religion that can be expanded in order to understand the religious landscape of ancient Greece on a much deeper and richer level.
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Late period stelae from Saqqara. A socio-cultural and religious investigation
… and site details. The second chapter focuses on votive stelae from the Serapeum which are split into four main categories based on their provenance and date. The third chapter investigates funerary stelae with Carian inscriptions alongside other native and nonnative funerary stelae. The final …
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Controlling Miasma: The Evidence for Cults of Greek Craftspeople from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Period (6th - 2nd c. BCE)
… of workshops are addressed, particularly those votive objects, plaques, or masks in the background of the action which seem to serve an apotropaic function, an attempt by the workers to protect production processes. Chapter four examines the dedications by craftspeople, which were set up as …
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Dwelling among ruins: landscapes in the late 8th century BC Argolic Plain, Greece
… predominantly focussed on late 8th century BC votive activity and burial reuse in connection with Bronze Age chamber tombs and tholoi. However, this thesis will demonstrate that these activities should not be dislocated from the wider landscape but, rather, should be considered alongside …
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The Material of Polytheism in Archaic Greece: Understanding Greek Religion Through Patterns of Dedicatory Practice and Thought, ca.750–480 BCE
… same god across Greece—allows us to consider the votive material from various perspectives and, as a result, in relation to different factors involved in understanding worshippers’ relationships with the gods in archaic Greece. In this way, this thesis does not seek to reconstruct Greek polytheism …
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Ritual threads : cultic evidence related to household textile production at Iron Age Tell Halif.
… places indicate that the cult probably involved votive/libation offerings and/or the veneration of a patron deity relating to textile production, most likely ensuring economic success. A clear association between textile production and food preparation/consumption suggests that Judahite women …
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Jesus as the Mercy Seat : the semantics and theology of Paul's use of Hilasterion in Romans 3:25.
… "their death as a $\textit{propitiatory votive offering}$." Paul's use of $\textit{hilasterion}$ is rooted not in the Greek but in the biblical world. Here $\textit{hilasterion}$ refers most famously to the "mercy seat," the golden plate with the cherubim above Israel's ark of the …
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The origins of money: evaluating chartalist and metallist theories in the context of ancient Greece and Mesopotamia
… Chartalist monetization mechanism pertains to votive offerings in the form of miniature figurines produced by religious establishments as substitutes for contributions in actual goods. Finally, in the context of centralized redistributive temple-economies of ancient Mesopotamia, the evidence of …
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Bayesian regional models of gold and copper alloys from pre-Hispanic Colombia
… use, funerary goods, functional tools, and votive offerings. While our understanding of the region’s societies has been transformed by a century of research highlighting the diversity of its metallurgical practices, many aspects remain less well understood. This is particularly the case when …
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The economy of the Temple of Jerusalem and its clergy in the Hellenistic period.
… They were complemented by numerous donations and votive-offerings. Private individuals also stored their fortunes in the sanctuary. The Temple incomes far exceeded its various expenditures, so that the Temple treasure was very large and consequently fell victim to the plundering of many foreign …
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