Incense burners (thymiateria) were important cult implements - TopicsExpress



          

Incense burners (thymiateria) were important cult implements throughout the ancient Mediterranean world. This South Italian terracotta example of the second half of the 4th century B.C. is exceptionally complex and rare: five women crowned with flowers are shown around a wellhead. The iconography reflects a local cult, probably that of Demeter and Kore who were widely worshipped in Southern Italy and Sicily at the time. (Now in the Metropolitan Museum...)
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:04:20 +0000

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