{"title":"Figurines in the Road: A Protoattic Votive Deposit from the Athenian Agora Reexamined","authors":"Michael Laughy","doi":"10.2972/HESPERIA.87.4.0633","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:In 1933, Dorothy Burr published a catalogue of a large Protoattic votive deposit located near the southwest corner of the Athenian Agora. Included within the deposit are a number of terracotta votive shields, horses, and chariots, as well as a remarkably well-preserved terracotta plaque depicting a “Mistress of Snakes.” There has long been a consensus among archaeologists that this votive assemblage is indicative of a cult of the dead. A reexamination of the deposit and its context suggests a rather different conclusion: the votives were dedications to Demeter, and came from the Eleusinion.","PeriodicalId":44554,"journal":{"name":"Annual of the British School at Athens","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Annual of the British School at Athens","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2972/HESPERIA.87.4.0633","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:In 1933, Dorothy Burr published a catalogue of a large Protoattic votive deposit located near the southwest corner of the Athenian Agora. Included within the deposit are a number of terracotta votive shields, horses, and chariots, as well as a remarkably well-preserved terracotta plaque depicting a “Mistress of Snakes.” There has long been a consensus among archaeologists that this votive assemblage is indicative of a cult of the dead. A reexamination of the deposit and its context suggests a rather different conclusion: the votives were dedications to Demeter, and came from the Eleusinion.
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The School"s major publication, the Annual of the British School at Athens, is an illustrated volume of over 300 pages, with its Centenary volume appearing in 1995. It is a peer-reviewed journal, which publishes accounts of the School"s projects and articles on a wide range of Hellenic subjects. The table of contents for Volumes 103 and 104 (2008 and 2009) are available below, along with information for contributors. The Annual is available to Subscribing Members of the School. Alternatively, contact the London Secretary for subscription information.
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