Liquid offerings, solid structures: The Libation Area in the recently discovered TFR-Sanctuary in the centre of Ostia

• Autores: Axel Gering, Sophie Menge
• Localización: Mélanges de l'Ecole française de Rome. Antiquité, ISSN 0223-5102, Vol. 136, Nº. 1, 2024 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Studi su Ostia e Portus: Settimo seminario Ostiense), págs. 37-58
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper discusses the structures and the function of the Libation Area in the recently discovered TFR-Sanctuary. The first to third sections introduce and present the structural layout of the Libation Area by discussing each building phase, starting with the earliest so-far excavated structures dated to the 3rd and 2nd century BC and closing with the abandonment of the sanctuary in the Hadrianic period, resulting in more than three centuries of ritual continuity. The fourth section focuses on multiple pottery assemblages which were deposited during the burial of the Republican stone structures of the Libation Area. Subsequently, these structures are compared to several examples of libation altars in other sanctuaries. Finally, the conclusion provides an attempt at reconstructing the functionality of the Libation Area.