Ritual Banqueting at a Hellenistic Sacred Area on the top of Fabrika Hill, Nea Paphos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4587362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jolanta Młynarczyk (0000-0003-3473-104X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 48-56 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/734597 |
| OpenAlex | W4409159221 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
A joint French-Polish team carried out excavations in the southern part of a hillock known as Fabrika in Nea Paphos from 2018 to 2022. The foremost focus of the research was the detailed investigation of a temple site recognizable in a rock-cut platform and with some confidence attributed to the cult of Paphian Aphrodite. Careful examination of the temple’s surroundings led to the identification of three different places in which ritual banquets were being held during the Hellenistic period. Each of the respective banqueting places, dated on the basis of associated ceramics and coins, had a different appearance and character, doubtless having been destined for diverse groups of participants
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Hellenistic Period · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |