Terracotta figurine of Artemis Bendis. The goddess wears a short chitoniskos tied in her waist, himation pinned in her right arm and a Phrygian pilos (cap) on her head. She holds a simulacrum of a deer in her right hand which rests on a Hermaic pillar. Hermaic pillars, also known as Herms, are stone statues dedicated to Hermes cult. They were consisted of a head and a four-sided stone pillar, instead of a body. They were used for directions, street measurement of distances between rural sites, indicating the borders of agricultural properties as well as religious purposes in cult places.
Caption Terracotta figurine with Artemis Bendis and a Herm
Mythic people Bendis (Goddess)
Type Statuette
Artist/Creator Boeotian workshop (?)
Origin Boeotia
Current position Musée du Louvre, Paris
Index number CA 1137
Dating 400-350 BC
Notes
Βιβλιογραφία:
Deoudi M. 2015. Bendis in Kleinasien. Στο Figurines de terre cuite en Méditerranée grecque et romaine. Vol. 2. Iconographie et contextes. 49-59.
Deoudi M. 2007. Bendis - Kulturell geprägtes Gesicht einer Thrakischen Göttin. Στα Πρακτικά του 10ου Διεθνούς Συνεδρίου Θρακολογίας, Κομοτηνή-Αλεξανδρούπολη 18-23 Οκτωβρίου 2005. 120-129.
Deoudi M. 2009. Bendis' neue Heimat in der Fremde. Ancient West & East 8. 223-233.
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