AS LÊCANAS DE FIGURAS NEGRAS DO SANTUÁRIO DE ÁRTEMIS: DECORAÇÃO, ESPECIFICIDADES LOCAIS E RELAÇÃO COM O CULTO FEMININO EM TASOS ARCAICA

Abstract

The aim of this article is to bring to light part of the contextual methodological analysis of the Black Figures lekane (Archaic Period) found in the Artemísion of Thassos, an island located in the North of the Aegean. The sanctuary of Artemis is an important religious marker for understanding the urban expansion of the city, as well as the dynamics of local female worship. The data collection took place from the publication of the descriptive catalog of the black figures lekane of Thassos by A. Coulié in La céramique thasiennes à figures noires of 2002 in ÉtTh XIX, the analysis of a sample of material in loco and the data collection contexts from the Bulletin Correspondance Hellenique, in which we seek to delve deeper into the analysis of archaeological contexts. This study is part of the research in the doctoral thesis, in which we analyzed a sample of 54 vases in the Museum of Thasos, a total of 126 fragments of lekane found in the sanctuary of Artemis. In this article, we will present the analysis of 2 fragments of lekane from the cutting of decorative elements of animal figures typically from Eastern Greece in the archaic period and animals with a monstrous aspect, apparently common signs in the context in question. The theoretical-methodological contribution allowed us to observe important aspects of the particularities of the female cult in Thasos, from the re-insertion of the lekane in the contextual universe and the unveiling of aspects that characterize female and religious attendance from the sectored contexts of Artemísion.