Theme 2 - The Pottery in Context
On this side, you will be able to find all publications relevant to Theme 2. When allowed and possible, we will also provide a link to the article.
– Gering, Axel & Sophie Menge. ‘From Sanctuary to Shops. The transformation of the TFR-Area in the northeast of the Ostian Forum in the 2nd and 3rd century AD until Late Antiquity’, in the proceedings of the conference Urbs in Transitum. Innovation and tradition between Rome and Ostia in the 3rd century
– Gering, Axel & Sophie Menge. ‘Approaching the first cults of Ostia. New Altars, Libation Structures, and Ritual Deposits from the excavations 2023-2024 of the Ostia Forum Project (OFP) in the TFR-Sanctuary’, in Atti del Ottavo Seminario Ostiense, Edizione Quasar.
– Gering, Axel & Sophie Menge. ‘The recently discovered TFR-Sanctuary in the northeast of the Ostian Forum: A preliminary overview on the structures and the Republican ritual deposits excavated by the Ostia Forum Project 2016-2024’. Paper from the CIAC 2024 conference.
In this article, the functions and structures of the Libation Area of the TFR-Sanctuary are discussed.
– Gering, Axel & Sophie Menge. 2024, ‘Liquid offerings, solid structures: The Libation Area in the recently discovered TFR-Sanctuary in the centre of Ostia‘, in MEFRA vol. 136-1 (Studi su Ostia e Portus: Settimo seminario Ostiense). Pp. 37-58.
In this paper, the altar of a recently discovered sanctuary in the northeast of Ostia’s forum will be discussed. The altar can be characterised as a ‘ground altar’. Its key features include a platform with a central fire pit, a ramp, a drain, a sewer, and a ‘libation hole’. The paper starts with an overview of the Ostia Forum Project’s surveys and excavations in the area. The focus lies on the building phases of the altar and the stratigraphical development of the area, including the corresponding dating evidence. Another aspect which is discussed in the paper is the functionality of the altar and the associated rituals. The altar is put into a broader context in relation to the sanctuary’s dimensions and thus, to the city’s grid-layout. The altar’s position in the centre of the precinct’s earliest parcel-size might associate it with the foundation of the sacred area and possibly of the castrum of Rome’s first colony itself.
- Gering, Axel, Sophie Menge & Trine Bak Pedersen. Forthcoming. 'A recently discovered Republican Altar in the Centre of Ostia. Excavations of the Ostia-Forum-Project (OFP) 2016-2019', in RömischeMitteilungen.
