Bronze cube (die)

Archaeological museum Messenia, Kalamata

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Bronze cube (die)

799 BCE – 500 BCE

Archaeological museum Messenia, Kalamata

Volimnos at Taygetus, Messenia

Dice

Bronze

Width: 15 cm

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Bronze cube with incised small circles on each of its six sides. The artefact was handed to the Archaeological Service in 1938 by an inhabitant of Artemisia on Messenian Taygetus. It was probably a votive offering to the sanctuary of Artemis Limnatis at Volimnos, near Nedousa. Bronze offerings from the area of Volimnos are exhibited in the Archaeological museum of Messenia. Located in Volimnos is the small church of Panagia Volimniotisa or Kapsochelovolousa, with ancient architectural members and inscriptions having been immured in its masonry. The finds attest that the sanctuary was in operation from the early geometric period (mid 8th cent. BCE) to the late antiquity (3rd/4th cent CE).