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Portable Shrine Models: Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant

Hava Katz
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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.
  • Front Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER TWO: CLOSED MODELS
  • CHAPTER THREE: NOAS MODELS
  • CHAPTER FOUR: OPEN MODELS
  • CHAPTER FIVE: RELIGIOUS AND ETHNOGRAPHIC ASPECTS
  • CHAPTER SIX: MODELS AS ARCHITECTURAL METAPHORS
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: THE SIGNIFICANCE AND FUNCTION OF THE MODELS
  • CHAPTER EIGHT: CONCLUSIONS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Published: 2016
Publisher: BAR Publishing
Copyright Holder: BAR Publishing
ISBN(s)
  • 9781407344140 (ebook)
  • 9781407318936 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2791
Subject
  • Levant / Near East
  • Ceramics and Pottery Studies
  • Bronze Age and Iron Age
  • Ritual / Religion / Temples
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