Children in Need: Evidence for a Children’s Cult from the Roman Temple of Omrit in Northern Israel

Excavations of the Roman temple at Horvat Omrit, situated in the foothills of Mount Hermon and the Golan, yielded terracotta figurines dated from the first century BC—first century AD. Some 100 fragments of figurines portray young children standing with arms lifted up from the sides and bent at the...

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Main Author: Erlich, Adi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 4
Further subjects:B archaeology of children
B Roman temple at Omrit
B Roman Phoenicia
B healing cults
B rites of passage
B terracotta figurines
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