Pomegranate remains and representations found in the Phoenician site of Motya in Western Sicily give the cue for a summary study of this plant and its fortune in the Near East and the Mediterranean. Fruits offered in wells, a terracotta relief depicting a pomegranate held by a goddess found in the Sacred Area of the Kothon at Motya, and, especially, a pottery vase in the shape of a pomegranate retrieved inside the Temple of Astarte in the same compound, witness the symbolic transcultural role of this fruit and of the pomegranate tree in ancient Mediterranean, from its farthest oriental origins to modern art and religion
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) from Motya and its deepest oriental roots / Nigro, Lorenzo; Spagnoli, Federica. - In: VICINO ORIENTE. - ISSN 2724-587X. - STAMPA. - XXII:(2018), pp. 49-90.
Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) from Motya and its deepest oriental roots
Lorenzo Nigro;SPAGNOLI, FEDERICA
2018
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Pomegranate remains and representations found in the Phoenician site of Motya in Western Sicily give the cue for a summary study of this plant and its fortune in the Near East and the Mediterranean. Fruits offered in wells, a terracotta relief depicting a pomegranate held by a goddess found in the Sacred Area of the Kothon at Motya, and, especially, a pottery vase in the shape of a pomegranate retrieved inside the Temple of Astarte in the same compound, witness the symbolic transcultural role of this fruit and of the pomegranate tree in ancient Mediterranean, from its farthest oriental origins to modern art and religion| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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