Heilige Abfallgruben

The ritual burial of cultic objects is known worldwide, in the ancient Near East since 7 millennium BC. An object dedicated to a deity could not simply be removed from the sanctuary. Ever now and then useless, damaged or superfluous objects were buried in pits, so-called favissae (sg. favissa). Although many cultic objects and votive offerings have been excavated in Israel/Palestine the topic of r...