Journal | Axon
Journal issue | 6 | 2 | 2022
Research Article | Officina di IG XIV2 – Three New Votive Inscriptions from the Sanctuary of the Spring of Saturo (TA)
Officina di IG XIV2 – Three New Votive Inscriptions from the Sanctuary of the Spring of Saturo (TA)
Abstract
The paper provides the first edition of three vase inscriptions, brought to light in 1976 from the so called ‘Santuario della Sorgente’, in the Greek site of Saturo. The texts, dating from 6th to 5th c. BC, are all related to local cults: two of them are dedicated to the Basilìs, a local goddess attested by other dedications, while the third is devoted to the cult of an anonymous goddess. The latter inscription also presents the verb ἀποδίδωμι, in a formula rarely attested elsewhere at this age. The cults practice witnessed by these new documents shows some similarities between the site of Saturo and inland Messapian sanctuaries.
Submitted: July 29, 2022 | Accepted: Oct. 14, 2022 | Published Dec. 12, 2022 | Language: it
Keywords Saturo (Santuario della Sorgente) • Ἀποδίδωμι • Votive inscriptions • Basilìs • Anonymous gods
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Axon/2532-6848/2022/02/007
