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Entangling text and image in sacred space: Votive mosaic inscriptions from Gradište near Stojnik (Kosmaj, Serbia) [PDF]
Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2023 On the site Gradište, near Stojnik on the mountain Kosmaj, the remains of a large complex were discovered. It consists of a longitudinal space divided into several units by transversal walls and a rotunda with an apse built into its eastern part.
Špehar Olga Z.
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Women and Votive Inscriptions in Etruscan Epigraphy
Etruscan Studies, 2019 AbstractThis paper aims at giving an overview of the quantitative and qualitative dimension of the female element in the field of Etruscan votive inscriptions. It offers a systematic discussion of dedications set by Etruscan women and attested by inscriptions from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period.
Petra Amann
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Marble as votive offering? Social agency in the post‑Classical Levant [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2023 This paper combines archaeology and written sources to examine the ways in which marble was used in the churches of the southern Levant in Late Antiquity.
Basema Hamarneh
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Three votive plaques from Upper Moesia [PDF]
Balcanica, 2022 The article proposes a new reading and interpretation of three inscriptions engraved on small bronze plaques in the shape of tabula ansata from the Danubian limes in Upper Moesia - two from Pincum and one from Viminacium, associating the ...
Nikolić Dragana
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Cultural Contacts among Pre-Roman Peoples in Iron Age Italy: The Case of Venetic Inscriptions
HistoriesThe spread of the alphabet in Italy occurred between the 7th and the 6th centuries BC, resulting in the appearance of texts written in so many different languages and in such limited territorial space that one can hardly observe another similar event ...
Stefano Vicari +1 more
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The structure of votive inscriptions from Roman Liburnia
Arheološki Vestnik, 2015 The authors analyse the structures of votive inscriptions from Roman Liburnia and their spatial distribution. Splitting up the text structures into constituent elements resulted in the identification of eight groups, depending on both the order of these ...
Valentina Zović, Anamarija Kurilić
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Visualized rituals and dedicatory inscriptions on votive offerings to the nymphs
Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, 2008 This article explores the religious meaning of Archaic and Classical dedications with images of rituals (e.g. sacrificial procession, libation) and dedicatory inscriptions. I argue that these objects ought to be treated as meaningful expressions of individuals’ piety rather than as reflections of actual cult practices.
M. Gaifman
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A Group of Busts of Zeus from Bilecik and Zeus Bronton
Gephyra, 2014 In the museums of Bursa, Bilecik, İstanbul, Eskişehir, Söğüt ve İznik, there are a group of Zeus busts of local style, all having no inscriptions and resembling to each other considerably in terms of typology and style. They have been found mostly in the
N. Eda Akyürek Şahin
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Inscribing Votive Offerings and Tamata: Narratives, Artefacts, Asklepios, and Panagia Megalochari [PDF]
Athens Journal of Humanities & Arts, 2020 Divine miracle healing in the ancient and modern worlds is extensively documented through historical and literary texts, votive offerings, inscriptions, and miracle stories.
Steven M. Oberhelman
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Officina di IG XIV2 – Three New Votive Inscriptions from the Sanctuary of the Spring of Saturo (TA)
Axon, 2022 The paper provides the first edition of three vase inscriptions, brought to light in 1976 from the so called ‘Santuario della Sorgente’, in the Greek site of Saturo. The texts, dating from 6th to 5th c. BC, are all related to local cults: two of them are
Giulio Vallarino
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