perirrhanterion
- Description
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Fragment of a basin, likely to be a perirrhanterion, carved from marble; inscribed.
- Production date
- 550 BC - 450 BC
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The perirrhanterion is a special type of louterion (water-basin) used for ritual washing in sanctuaries (Pimpl 1997; Krauskopf 2005; cf. also Ginouvès 1962, 77-103; Kurtz and Boardman 1971, 151). Excavations at Naukratis yielded a number of specimens in stone (marble) and in ceramic. Most of the stone examples bear Greek votive dedications to Apollo.
Ginouvès, R. 1962, Balaneutikè : recherches sur le bain dans l'antiquité grecque, Paris.
Krauskopf, I. 2005, s.v. ‘Perirrhanterion/Louterion’, in Thesaurus Cultus et Rituum Antiquorum (ThesCRA) V. Personnel of Cult – Cult Instruments, Los Angeles, 178–83.
Pimpl, H. 1997, Perirrhanteria und Louteria. Entwicklung und Verwendung großer Marmor- und Kalksteinbecken auf figürlichem und säulenartigen Untersatz in Griechenland, Berlin.
Kurtz, D.C. and Boardman, J. 1971, Greek Burial Customs, London.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1900
- Acquisition notes
- Obtained by Thiersch in Naukratis, acquired 1900
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 10.054 (Inventory Number)
