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An unpublished arula in the Ashmolean Museum: a minor contribution to Hellenistic chronology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2013

C. E. Vafopoulou-Richardson
C. E. Vafopoulou-Richardson
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Jesus College, Oxford
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In 1899 E. Oldfield, Librarian and Fellow of Worcester College, gave a small altar to the Ashmolean Museum, where it joined an already growing collection of fine terracottas. Little is known about its history and how it came into the possession of the donor. Taranto, where such small altars occur most frequently, was thought to be their place of origin, though they have also been found in Greece and Asia Minor, mainly in Hellenistic contexts.

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 102 , November 1982 , pp. 229 - 232
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1982

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