Ceremony and Prayer

 

Two women pouring libation together
inside a sanctuary. A lamb is
placed atop an offering pillar.
Limestone, Torreparedones.

Two praying women with steep mantillas.
Bronze votive offerings at Castillar
de Santiesteban, 400-100 bce.

 

bronze woman praying with arms outstretchedsmall bronze offerant with hands outstretched

Another offerant with tall headdress
praying with outstretched hands.
Provenance unknown.

 

woman praying with outstretched arms

Woman praying with dove in left hand.
Many doves were found in excavations
among other offerings of ostrich shells,
figurines (some quite simple) and
images of body parts to be healed

.
Collado de los Jardines, Jaen.

tall bronze woman in robe with cinched belt

 

Mother Goddess and Votive Offerings

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