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An ancient cave sanctuary underneath the theatre of Miletus: beauty, mutilation and burial of ancient sculpture in late antiquity
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A cave underneath the theatre of Miletus in western Turkey contains a spring and can be identified as an ancient sanctuary. It underwent two main building phases, both of which appear to be linked to building phases of the theatre, one Hellenistic and the other Roman. The cave contained terracotta figures and limbs that might have been votive offerings. 44 late antique oil lamps may also have been votives; they were buried inside the spring when the spring was filled in at the turn of the fif...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- German Archaeological Institute Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Archäologischer Anzeiger Journal website
- Volume:
- 2016
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 67–156
- Publication date:
- 2017-12-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-12-01
- ISSN:
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0003-8105
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pubs:952217
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- pubs:952217
- Source identifiers:
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952217
- Deposit date:
- 2018-12-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Deutsches Archãologisches Institut / Ernst Wasmuth Verlag Tübing
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- © 2016 Deutsches Archãologisches Institut / Ernst Wasmuth Verlag Tübing
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