Grotta Regina(63 words)
[German version]
A cult cave on the north-eastern slope of Monte Gallo near Palermo (c. 180 m above sea-level) used since prehistoric times. According to Punic inscriptions and paintings (5th-1st cents. BC, among these Tinnit symbols) on the walls, underworld and fertility gods were worshipped here.
Tinnit
Niemeyer, Hans Georg (Hamburg)
Bibliography
G. Coacci Polselli, M. G. Guzzo Amadasi, V. Tusa, Grotta Regina ─ II, 1979.
Cite this page
Niemeyer, Hans Georg (Hamburg),
“Grotta Regina”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e428330>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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