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ROMTSCHE TEMPELSCHATZE UND SAKRALINVENTARE:voTIvE, HORTE, tsEUTE

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Rttntan 'temple trectsures' attd sacrol inventories: votive objects, privale deposits, booty

I-lre ttttlhttr begirts b.t' tuttlarlittirtg thc untbiguitt' rlf'the lerrn. 'tenqtle lrea.trtrc,t'. Irt.f utt, v'e ortl.t'

purtitularh ds d (:ott,\(quence o.f thc,sttppre.s.sion rlf pugurt cult bt'TLtcotktsiLLs I. Itt et,an'periotl

tlrcntsclvcs ittt;ludetl llte prutlur:ls ol'pill.uge. Matn' toitr hottrtl.s ntrtv l'tuvc belongetl to tctnplcs,n'rthout baittg itlcntificl u,s.such; tltere wcre olso privut( tlepo.sit.t plucetl untler tlte prote(tiotr ollentplcs. Orrlt /'ittds in situ 1/r.,r e.runple itt .tptings or river-sourt'e.s) t:tut tlct'it.titel.t bt ritriltutetl to

Rrttttut ternple lrcu.\ure, it is po,s,si.ble lo colitpore lhe iriut:t tredsLtre o.f tl.Le Teng tlt,ttrtslt' BLttldhi,sltentple a.rt:ut,utetl at Itun'rusi, irt Shunsi provirtt r:.

The uulltrtr tltctt c.rttntiuc,s the ob.jeL't.s.from Rontun tentlt!e.s.fonntl rl Gcrmania libcra (lig. 1--J),lhen tlte tn(tttr groLtp.\ ol'ob.ject.; fottnd as o re,su.ll oI cl.ruittittg-wo rk in thc Pultrtinttlt:, yrhit h t crtuin.lt'

lararia. arrrl ,st'tttteretl .l'int!.s itr tenple.s) ttntl the tli.f'ferent kintls of treu,sures (non-utilituritut objet:tsplucetl in favissae, clepo.;its ntatle irt rc,\ponse to crisis or a.\ (t prer:entit,c titcu,tL.trc, gror.rp,t ol'slolenobjtcts).

.liontlrctultof'.lupiterDoliL:ltenusftig. 11).Discovct'ic,s.fi'otrttenrple,sites,hrntct,er,pre.tctrt.sirtrilurprobleilt.r ol' interpretutiort trs.flu|ittI depo.sits (Ii g. I 2).

The uuthor urtolt'sc.s tltrce greul hottrd.s Jron r/rc limes, .founcl at Weis.senbtrrg, Straubittg unlillarcr at tlcr Url. Tlte Wei.ssenburg treosure, .fnttn it,s rrrctke-up, pre.tLunublt t'ume.frorrr a larariunrtlig. l1). Tlte Strtrttbirtg hourt!, t,e r.\'t,rtriatl, seent.t to bc !oot. It i.s possible to tli.ttirtgr.tish,.fi'orrt the

uttrl RuttLut boolt, tont'entetl princitrtul.h'w,itl'L ltretiotLs trtetrtl,s. Elet,en othar ltourtl.s ntLr\'('ot1l(purllt rtr nltollt .fi'ont lemple.s. The t:rtruttort.feulure i.s the unoLtrtt of'rn.uteriul in pretioLt,s netal,

ruritr o.f Lutc Arlitlua tetnpl(.-lreu..\Ltres (Kostolcrr:, Wder Neyvton, Thet.frtrtl) unrl u r.otrt:utlruli.or.t inthe nortlt-we.st of'lhe Etnpira cttttl orL /ftc limcs. A.t nigli be e.rpar:tt:t!, tlrc bLtlk ol tlte loot.fi-om the

Antiquc rttulcrittl i.t onl.l'.fomd in lJritctin ttnd Moe,sitt, hurdlt' tout'hetl bt. the. i.r r,u.siott,s. The ttntlutr

Llitl not ctttourugc tltc l.turitLl of'tre usures. [N. D. : tracl. Ch. R. I