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Phrygian rock-cut shrines : structure, function, and cult practice /
This volume explores the Iron Age Phrygian rock-cut monuments in Anatolia and defines their role in religion. Among other features this book questions the traditional view of the Mother goddess Kybele being the only Phrygian deity. A detailed analysis based on the monuments provides new interpretati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2006.
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| Colección: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
v. 25. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""TABLE OF CONTENTS""; ""LIST OF TABLES, DIAGRAMS AND FIGURES""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. Aims and Method""; ""2. Terminology and Definitions""; ""3. State and History of Research""; ""CHAPTER ONE STRUCTURAL EXAMINATION OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Geographical Distribution""; ""3. Topography""; ""3.1. Access to Water""; ""3.2. The Relation between the Monuments and the Settlements""; ""3.3. Specific Topographical Features""; ""3.4. Conclusions""; ""4. Orientation""; ""4.1. Step Monuments and Idols""; ""4.2. FaÃades and Niches""
- ""4.3. Conclusions""""5. Niches with and without a Surrounding Building FaÃade""; ""5.1. Niche""; ""5.2. Akroterion""; ""5.3. Roof and Gable Field""; ""5.4. Side Posts""; ""5.5. Geometrical Decoration of the FaÃades""; ""5.6. Shaft""; ""5.7. Conclusions""; ""6. Step Monuments""; ""6.1. Steps""; ""6.2. The Upper Part above the Steps""; ""6.3. Conclusions""; ""7. Images of Matar, Idols and Other Related Figures""; ""7.1. Iconography of Matar""; ""7.2. Images of Animals and Other Related Creatures""; ""7.3. Images of Idols""; ""7.4. Conclusions""; ""8. Associated Rock-cut Features""
- ""8.1. Platform, Shelf, Podium, Bench, Base and Other Steps""""8.2. Bosses""; ""8.3. Cup-marks and Basins""; ""8.4. Small Secondary Niches""; ""8.5. Architectural Constructions Associated with FaÃades""; ""8.6. Conclusions""; ""9. Inscriptions""; ""9.1. Introduction""; ""9.2. Placement of the Inscriptions""; ""9.3. Type and Content of Inscriptions""; ""9.4. Epithets of Matar""; ""9.5. Conclusions""; ""CHAPTER TWO CHRONOLOGY""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Archaeological Evidence Used as Dating Criteria""; ""2.1. The Chronology of Midas City and Other Settlements""
- ""2.2. Excavated Objects and Structures Found Close to Rock-cut Monuments at Midas City""""2.3. Conclusions""; ""3. The Decoration Used as Dating Criteria""; ""3.1. Chronological Aspects Concerning the Geometric Decoration of the Main Field of the FaÃades""; ""3.2. Chronological Aspects of the Architectural Imitations of the FaÃades""; ""3.3. Iconographical Evidence from a Chronological Point of View""; ""3.4. Conclusions""; ""4. Inscriptions Used as Dating Criteria""; ""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. Monuments with Inscriptions""; ""4.3. Conclusions""; ""5. The Chronology of Other Monuments""
- ""5.1. Step Monuments and Idols""""5.2. FaÃades and Niches""; ""6. Summary""; ""CHAPTER THREE ANALYSIS OF FUNCTION AND CULT PRACTICE""; ""1. The Location of Monuments and Its Implication for the Cult""; ""1.1. Outdoor and Mountainous Settings""; ""1.2. An Eastern Orientation""; ""1.3. Close to Water Sources""; ""1.4. Close to City Gates""; ""1.5. Connection to Tombs""; ""1.6. Conclusions""; ""2. Identity of Deities""; ""2.1. The Semicircular Disc""; ""2.2. The Concept of Idols""; ""2.3. Which Deities Can Be Connected with the Different Types of Monuments?""; ""2.4. Conclusions""