Key-bearers of Greek Temples: The Temple Key as a Symbol of Priestly Authority
Several Linear B tablets from Pylos and 110 inscriptions dating to the Hellenistic, Roman, and Imperial periods provide evidence for cultic officials as key-holders. Numerous grave stelai and vase paintings depict mortal and mythical figures holding the so-called temple key that served as an iconogr...
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Mythos
2019
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