Kernos
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kernos-306-11526063
title:
Kernos
text:
In the typology of ancient Greek pottery, the kernos is a pottery ring or stone tray to which are attached several small vessels for holding offerings. Its unusual design is described in literary sources, which also list the ritual ingredients it might contain. The kernos was used primarily in the cults of Demeter and Kore, and of Cybele and Attis. The form begins in the Neolithic in stone, in the earliest stages of the Minoan civilization, around 3,000 BC. They were produced in Minoan and Cycla
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description:
Pottery ring for holding offerings
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernos
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date modified:
2023-05-05T10:27:23Z
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