A re-evaluation of the kernos, with special reference to the kernos in Demeter's rites

The focus of this paper has therefore become the objects excavated throughout the Mediterranean, which have been called "kernoi." An examination of these vessels of various shape and a survey of the finds from excavated Demeter and Kore sanctuaries will show that the Eleusinian vessels, which may be accepted as kernoi, were not common in antiquity outside Attica. Composite vessels are widely known throughout the ancient world, but vessels which may be related to those from Eleusis by virtue of their shape and provenience are rare. This study cannot be considered comprehensive because not all of the vases called "kernoi" by various modern scholars have been published, nor are they available for study at this time. However, proceeding on the assumption that the published examples are representative of the variety of shapes, the quantity of published vessels need not be central to this discussion when there is still confusion about the basic identification of the kernos. The different varieties of vases will be considered here while further study of the kernos must await comprehensive publication of those known, primarily from Eleusis and Athens.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Art history and archaeology (MU)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri--Columbia

Year dc:date.issued

1978

Author dc:creator

• Ziek, Robin D.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Biers, William R.

Statement dc:rights

• OpenAccess.

Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

DOI

https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/91742

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/91742