Kition-Bamboula IX The cults of the Saltworks in Kition: study of terracotta from the classical period.
MOM| N° d'inventaire | 29745 |
| Format | 21 x 30 |
| Détails | 652 p., 46 illustrations, 149 plates, paperback. |
| Publication | Lyon, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782356680815 |
ARCHAEOLOGY 9
The corpus studied in this work forms a set of four hundred terracotta figurines found at the end of the 19th century on the shores of the Larnaca Salt Lake, in the south-east of Cyprus. From the analysis of the archives of the time, the author reconstructs a complete and detailed catalogue of the objects and specifies their origin.
These representations, largely dominated by the figure of a woman enthroned wearing a top calathos plant, highlight all aspects of clay craftsmanship in the Cypro-Phoenician environment, the know-how and its transmission, the organization of work within the workshops. They also reveal the ingenious technical processes used by the Kitians.
The study focuses in detail on the ways in which iconographic types were used and integrated into ritual contexts. It further highlights the presence of Aphrodite and Artemis in peri-urban cults, as well as gods of Phoenician or Egyptian origin such as Astarte, Umm, Eshmoun-Melqart and Bes. The analysis of the links between the marine environment and the character of the deities allows the author to highlight the cultural and ritual dimension linked to salt and the sea in the Cypriot, Phoenician and Levantine religious landscape. The entire study reveals, in short, the historical importance of the development of cults in the Kingdom of Kition in the 4th century BC.
ARCHAEOLOGY 9
The corpus studied in this work forms a set of four hundred terracotta figurines found at the end of the 19th century on the shores of the Larnaca Salt Lake, in the south-east of Cyprus. From the analysis of the archives of the time, the author reconstructs a complete and detailed catalogue of the objects and specifies their origin.
These representations, largely dominated by the figure of a woman enthroned wearing a top calathos plant, highlight all aspects of clay craftsmanship in the Cypro-Phoenician environment, the know-how and its transmission, the organization of work within the workshops. They also reveal the ingenious technical processes used by the Kitians.
The study focuses in detail on the ways in which iconographic types were used and integrated into ritual contexts. It further highlights the presence of Aphrodite and Artemis in peri-urban cults, as well as gods of Phoenician or Egyptian origin such as Astarte, Umm, Eshmoun-Melqart and Bes. The analysis of the links between the marine environment and the character of the deities allows the author to highlight the cultural and ritual dimension linked to salt and the sea in the Cypriot, Phoenician and Levantine religious landscape. The entire study reveals, in short, the historical importance of the development of cults in the Kingdom of Kition in the 4th century BC.