AePIX_Veninger

Véninger Péter,
ndependent scholar, Budapest HU

Medma and Hipponion, Terracottas of two ancient Greek cities with a potter’s eye .
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71067/AePIX-2025-287-296 
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Aegyptus et Pannonia IX, Acta Symposii anno 2023, objects and Concepts.
Proceedings of the Conference held 19th-20th Januar, 2023, Budapest; ed. by Hedvig Győry.
Published by The Ancient Egyptian Committee of the Hungarian-Egyptian Friendship Society, Budapest 2025.
ISBN: 978-615-6571-04-5 (printed), ISBN 978-615-6571-05-2 (pdf); DOI: https://doi.org/10.71067/AePIX-2025
Soft cover. No Jacket. 1.st Edition. 18+380 pages (24x17), with colour pictures.

Abstract
The religious life of the colonies of Lokroi Medma and Hipponion, is very similar, particularly the cults associated with Persephone. The CERCOLOC research group is studying artefacts found at these sites and is creating a scientific database containing descriptions, photographs, drawings and 3D models of them. When examining the production methods of the votive statuettes found in the Calderazzo sanctuary in Medma and its favissa, I noticed phenomena that suggest the terracotta offerers were active participants in the cult. They did not merely offer these objects; they also took part in making them, thereby offering their own labour to Persephone alongside the objects themselves.