The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore

Greek Lamps and Offering Trays

By (author) Nancy Bookidis By (author) Elizabeth G. Pemberton

Book cover: The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore

Extent: 256, 256 pages

Publisher: American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Subjects: Classical Studies, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Corinth

Series volume number: 18.7

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2015)

ISBN: 9780876611876

9.02 x 12.01 inches

Price: $149.95

In stock

PDF (Published)

(September 2015)

ISBN: 9781621390268

Price: $120.00

This volume continues the publication of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore on Acrocorinth. It incorporates two bodies of material: Greek lamps and offering trays. The lamps include those made from the 7th through 2nd centuries B.C., together with a few Roman examples not included in Corinth XVIII.2. They served to provide light and to accompany the rites of sacrifice. The offering trays differ from the liknon-type offering trays published by A. Brumfield; they support a variety of vessels rather than types of food and had a symbolic function in the Sanctuary rituals. They are extremely common in the Sanctuary and only rarely attested elsewhere.

  • By (author) Nancy Bookidis
  • By (author) Elizabeth G. Pemberton