Hellenistic vessels from the Phoenician sanctuary in Chhim (Central Lebanon)

Wicenciak, Urszula

doi:10.31338/uw.9788323541073.pp.281-286

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“…The character of the ceramic vessels leads one to conclude that this place, in the Hellenistic period, was not permanently inhabited but only visited by the surrounding people, who went to this sacred place to sacrifice to deities and to ask for blessings. They brought amphorae with wine that could be offered in saucers and bowls, and valuable oils in unguentaria and amphoriskoi (Wicenciak 2020).…”

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“…4.2). The set of ritual vessels, studied by Urszula Wicenciak, is represented by three complete items (A, D) and numerous fragments (Wicenciak 2020). The set consists of one miniature dish from the Phoenician White Ware group (A), drinking vessels, such as bowls (B) and saucers (C), perfume bottles or unguentaria (D) and amphorae (E) made in Phoenician Semi‐Fine.…”

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The Sacred Representation of a Miniature World: Rituals With Figurines and Small and Miniaturized Pottery at the Phoenician Cult Place of Kharayeb

Oggiano

2022

Oxford J Archaeology

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The rituals performed in the Phoenician cult places have traditionally been reconstructed primarily on the basis of architectural remains and sculptural finds. However, even if the exact role ceramics or other objects played in the rituals is unknown, it was certainly not secondary. New work carried out at the cult place of Kharayeb by an Italian-Lebanese mission has produced unusually detailed documentation of such finds, and provides a richer context for the consideration the little data about pottery already published by M. Chéhab and I. Kaoukabani. In particular attention has focused on the use of small and miniaturized pottery (from figurines to miniature vessels) in rituals at the site. With reference to recent research on these issues and comparison with similar practices in the Near East, Greek, and western Phoenician worlds this article proposes new hypotheses on the meaning of ritual practices involving small objects. THE ELUSIVE RITUALS OF THE PHOENICIAN CULT PLACE OF THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BCReconstructing rituals practised in the Phoenician area in religious cultural contexts, whether public or domestic, is a rather complicated challenge (Fig. 1). Indeed, the few excavated Phoenician sanctuaries, temples and shrines are known only for their architectural and sculptural remains. Archaeologically documented activities related to the cult itself are very few in number, especially for the phases between the beginning of the first millennium and the Persian era (end of sixth century to 333 BC). Moreover, the possibility of reconstructing the rituals practised using pottery has been lost forever because of the methods of excavation adopted until very recently.In the publication of a cult place such as Amrit (Dunand and Saliby 1985), for example, the data relating to pottery were summarized in just a few pages and pictures (Fig. 2), leaving them at a distinct disadvantage compared to the documentation of the statuary (Lembke 2004). Some interesting elements can, even so, be deduced from the presence both of oil lamps (found in the favissa; Dunand and Saliby 1985, table 55) and of characteristic jugs whose mouths are closed by a perforated filter (Fig. 2b). This type of jug was found in large quantities, especially 'dans la quai nord du bassin, surtout en face du naos' (Dunand and Saliby 1985, 51) and must have been used in

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Section: The Elusive Rituals Of the Phoenician Cult Place Of The Firs...mentioning

confidence: 99%