Towards a typology of triangular bronze Hekate bases: contextualizing a new find from Sardis.
Excavations in Field 49 at Sardis in the summer of 2015 recovered a bronze triangle inscribed with three images of the goddess Hekate, Greek epithets, and magical symbols (Gr. χαρακτῆρες). The Sardis triangle is the third example of this design known from Roman Anatolia, the other two having been re...
| Published in: | Journal of Roman Archaeology Vol. 30; pp. 509 - 517 |
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Cambridge University Press
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