希腊化黎凡特的游戏和占卜:以色列Maresha的黄芪组合的案例研究

IF 0.5 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY

Levant Pub Date : 2022-01-02 DOI:10.1080/00758914.2022.2048433

Lee Perry-Gal, Ian Stern, A. Erlich

{"title":"希腊化黎凡特的游戏和占卜:以色列Maresha的黄芪组合的案例研究","authors":"Lee Perry-Gal, Ian Stern, A. Erlich","doi":"10.1080/00758914.2022.2048433","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Astragali — knuckle bones, especially caprine or cattle — were widely used in ancient societies. They functioned as playthings and tokens for ritual activity and divination, along with other uses. This study examines the assemblage of over 600 astragali from the excavations at Maresha in southern Israel. Maresha was a main city in the region of Idumea. Excavations at the site revealed a prosperous Hellenistic city, mainly from the 4th–2nd centuries BCE. The many caves hewn in the lower city yielded numerous small finds, among them the astragali, which are found in large concentrations in specific caves. This paper examines the morphology, taphonomy and modification of the astragali. Furthermore, the distribution of the astragali in the various caves is analysed, along with intra-site distribution, archaeological context and related objects, the aim being to decipher their use within the life of the city, especially in regard to gaming and divination.","PeriodicalId":45348,"journal":{"name":"Levant","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Gaming and divination in the Hellenistic Levant: the case study of the astragalus assemblage from Maresha, Israel\",\"authors\":\"Lee Perry-Gal, Ian Stern, A. Erlich\",\"doi\":\"10.1080/00758914.2022.2048433\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Astragali — knuckle bones, especially caprine or cattle — were widely used in ancient societies. They functioned as playthings and tokens for ritual activity and divination, along with other uses. This study examines the assemblage of over 600 astragali from the excavations at Maresha in southern Israel. Maresha was a main city in the region of Idumea. Excavations at the site revealed a prosperous Hellenistic city, mainly from the 4th–2nd centuries BCE. The many caves hewn in the lower city yielded numerous small finds, among them the astragali, which are found in large concentrations in specific caves. This paper examines the morphology, taphonomy and modification of the astragali. Furthermore, the distribution of the astragali in the various caves is analysed, along with intra-site distribution, archaeological context and related objects, the aim being to decipher their use within the life of the city, especially in regard to gaming and divination.\",\"PeriodicalId\":45348,\"journal\":{\"name\":\"Levant\",\"volume\":null,\"pages\":null},\"PeriodicalIF\":0.5000,\"publicationDate\":\"2022-01-02\",\"publicationTypes\":\"Journal Article\",\"fieldsOfStudy\":null,\"isOpenAccess\":false,\"openAccessPdf\":\"\",\"citationCount\":\"0\",\"resultStr\":null,\"platform\":\"Semanticscholar\",\"paperid\":null,\"PeriodicalName\":\"Levant\",\"FirstCategoryId\":\"1085\",\"ListUrlMain\":\"https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2022.2048433\",\"RegionNum\":2,\"RegionCategory\":\"历史学\",\"ArticlePicture\":[],\"TitleCN\":null,\"AbstractTextCN\":null,\"PMCID\":null,\"EPubDate\":\"\",\"PubModel\":\"\",\"JCR\":\"0\",\"JCRName\":\"ARCHAEOLOGY\",\"Score\":null,\"Total\":0}","platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Levant","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2022.2048433","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"ARCHAEOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

摘要

黄芪——指节骨，尤其是山羊或牛的指节骨——在古代社会被广泛使用。它们的功能是作为玩具和象征的仪式活动和占卜，以及其他用途。这项研究检查了以色列南部Maresha出土的600多个黄芪的组合。马雷沙是伊杜梅地区的一个主要城市。遗址的发掘揭示了一个繁荣的希腊化城市，主要从公元前4世纪到公元前2世纪。在下城的许多洞穴中，有许多小的发现，其中包括黄芪，在特定的洞穴中发现了大量的黄芪。本文对黄芪的形态、分类和修饰进行了研究。此外，还分析了黄芪在各个洞穴中的分布，以及遗址内的分布、考古背景和相关物品，目的是破译它们在城市生活中的用途，特别是在游戏和占卜方面。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

查看原文本刊更多论文

Gaming and divination in the Hellenistic Levant: the case study of the astragalus assemblage from Maresha, Israel

Astragali — knuckle bones, especially caprine or cattle — were widely used in ancient societies. They functioned as playthings and tokens for ritual activity and divination, along with other uses. This study examines the assemblage of over 600 astragali from the excavations at Maresha in southern Israel. Maresha was a main city in the region of Idumea. Excavations at the site revealed a prosperous Hellenistic city, mainly from the 4th–2nd centuries BCE. The many caves hewn in the lower city yielded numerous small finds, among them the astragali, which are found in large concentrations in specific caves. This paper examines the morphology, taphonomy and modification of the astragali. Furthermore, the distribution of the astragali in the various caves is analysed, along with intra-site distribution, archaeological context and related objects, the aim being to decipher their use within the life of the city, especially in regard to gaming and divination.

求助全文

通过发布文献求助，成功后即可免费获取论文全文。去求助

来源期刊

Levant ARCHAEOLOGY-

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

25.00%

发文量

期刊介绍： Levant is the international peer-reviewed journal of the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), a British Academy-sponsored institute with research centres in Amman and Jerusalem, but which also supports research in Syria, Lebanon and Cyprus. Contributions from a wide variety of areas, including anthropology, archaeology, geography, history, language and literature, political studies, religion, sociology and tourism, are encouraged. While contributions to Levant should be in English, the journal actively seeks to publish papers from researchers of any nationality who are working in its areas of interest.