Perirrhanterion
A perirrhanterion (plural perirrhanteria; ancient Greek: περιρραντήριον perirranterion from περί peri for round and ῥαίνειν rhainein for sprinkling , cleaning ) was an ancient form of the holy water basin .
The perirrhanterion was mostly made of stone, especially marble, less often of clay. Sometimes three, less often four human female figures held the pool of water, sometimes it was carried by a high foot. It is known from various sanctuaries where perirrhanteria were found. In the literature, the perirrhanterion is sometimes confused with the luterion .
A center of the production of clay perirrhanteries was Corinth, where this vessel shape from the end of the 8th century. v. Until the Hellenistic period were produced and also exported.
literature
- Wolfgang Schiering : The Greek clay pots. Shape, purpose and change of form (= Gebr.-Mann-Studio-series ). 2nd, significantly changed and expanded edition. Mann, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-7861-1325-4 , p. 154.
- Mario Iozzo : Corinthian Basins on high stands. Hesperia 56, 1987, pp. 355-416.
Individual evidence
- ^ M. Iozzo: Corinthian Basins on high stands. Hesperia 56, 1987, pp. 355-357.