The naiskos (pl.: naiskoi; Greek: ναΐσκος, diminutive of ναός, "temple") is a small temple in classical order with columns or pillars and pediment. Often...
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The Funerary naiskos of Aristonautes is a funerary monument dating to around 320 BC, on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (NAMA)...
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was the location of the oracle spring, the sacred laurel tree and the naiskos - which was itself a small temple. It contained in its own small cella...
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The Funerary naiskos of Demetria and Pamphile (Greek: Επιτύμβιος ναΐσκος Δημητρίας και Παμφίλης) is a tomb memorial in honour of two deceased women named...
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ebony or blackened grapewood cult statue was sculpted by Endoios, and a naiskos to house it was erected east of the open-air altar. A rich foundation deposit...
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monumental rock-cut images in the Phrygian highlands. She stands alone within a naiskos, which represents her temple or its doorway, and is crowned with a polos...
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granite pebble with figure of deity. 5th century BCE Miniature Punic chapel (naïskos) Priest's stele, discovered in Carthage in 1921. (3rd century BCE. J.-C...
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Funerary naiskos of Demetria and Pamphile....
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A youth pours a libation to the deceased within a naiskos, a scene that may also represent Ganymede serving Zeus (Apulian red-figure krater, 340–320 BC)...
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