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Thymiaterion

Thymiaterion, Bordissal (Camarles), Iberian period, 3rd century BC Photo by IMMR archive. Salvador Vilaseca Archaeology Museum.

 

 

Thymiaterion, Bordissal (Camarles), Iberian period, 3rd century BC Photo by IMMR archive. Salvador Vilaseca Archaeology Museum.

 

 

It has the appearance of a female bust, with its hair parted in the centre and combed symmetrically. The top is flat and rounded, in the form of a kalathos, with five vertical perforations (made before firing). It was clearly made using a mould, and represents an agricultural goddess, usually identified with Demeter or Ceres. It still preserves, especially on its reverse, a layer of white engobe on which there are remains of painted decoration, which is most visible on the upper edge as red triangles pointing down (known as wolf teeth).

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