Pleasure before Duty

Playing and Studying in the Cultic Context of Kharayeb

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4082749
AutoresMarianna Castiglione (0000-0003-3509-7992, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Fascículo114
Páginas97-126
Data de publicação2020-11-05
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPallas (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0031-0387 • E-ISSN: 2272-7639
EditoraOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/pallas.18947
OpenAlexW4312979948
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas31

Among the terracotta figurines discovered in the cult place of Kharayeb (7th-1st centuries BCE), located in the hinterland of Tyre (Lebanon), a very high percentage dates back to the Hellenistic period and presents images of children, adolescents and women. Considering these data, some scholars have supposed that a god linked to childhood and motherhood was worshipped in this sanctuary. Whoever the deity was, the huge amount and the variety of iconographies of children playing with animals (birds and dogs), balls and other objects are really surprising. Among the terracottas, there are also figurines portraying schoolchildren with writing tablets. The paper examines in depth all the data related to the figurines representing children and linked to playing activities and education in order to shed a new light on the daily life at the sanctuary and more broadly on the characteristics of Hellenistic Phoenicia

Ancient history · Art · Cult · Humanities · Terracotta · Visual arts · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History