
Architectural Terracotta Models from the Land of Israel from the Fifth to the Middle First Millennia BCE
Ancient Architectural Clay Models from the Levant
Hava Katz(Author)
BAR Publishing
Published on 22. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
978-1-4073-1893-6 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
679 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4073-1893-6 (9781407318936)
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Hava Katz