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Portable Shrine Models: Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant

Portable Shrine Models: Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant

Katz, Hava

Paperback

Series: BAR International, Book 2791

ArchaeologyGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 1407318934
ISBN13: 9781407318936
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Published: Mar 22 2016
Pages: 172
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.47 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English

Portable shrine models with architectural features are unique objects within the assemblages of material culture, even though they appear in a variety of cultures throughout the ancient world. This book concentrates on models from the Land of Israel, with comparisons to models from the geographic-historical units of the Levant. The basic assumption of this study is that these models do not attempt an exact representation of specific buildings, although they do enable analogies to architecture of early periods. Above all, the shrine model was a symbol of the house of God. Religious, ethnical, political and social aspects of the models are examined in reference to written evidence, and the archaeological assemblages in which they are found. Although these models were not as common as other cult objects such as altars and figurines, their wide distribution provides further evidence of the close relationship between the diverse peoples of the region.

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