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Description
This is the second volume in a series of final reports documenting the large-scale excavations at the site of Maresha, mainly in the Lower City, during the 1980s and 1990s. In the Hellenistic period, Maresha was an important and multi-cultural city. Hellenistic terracottas are a varied and widespread medium of Hellenistic art of a religious and cultic nature. The extensive repertoire presented here, mostly found in residential contexts during the excavations of the mid-1980s to 1996, opens a window onto the city’s culture, religion and daily life. It describes their typology as well as the production methods and techniques.
EISBN
9789654065733
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Publisher
Israel Antiquities Authority
City
Jerusalem
Keywords
Figurines, Hellenistic art, plastic vases, Shephelah, Idumea
Disciplines
Historic Preservation and Conservation | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Life Sciences | Religion | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Erlich, Adi and Kloner, Amos, "Maresha Excavations Final Report II: Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines from the 1989–1996 Seasons" (2008). IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority. 42.
https://publications.iaa.org.il/iaareports/42
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