Locri pinax 490-450 BCE

"The pinakes have been dated to about 490-450 BC. and are of local manufacture. The marble pinakes were individually carved; terracotta ones were impressed in molds and bronze ones could be repeatedly cast from a model from which wax and resin impressions were made. Under ideal display conditions (that is, when the museum in Reggio Calabria reopens), the pinakes are grouped by subject matter in order to compare similar ones more easily. Viewers will note that the small votive slabs have all been painstakingly pieced back together. None was found intact. That seems odd, but it's clear once you know the reason: the act of worship, itself — the ritual of devotion, say, to Persephone— involved breaking the pinakes to avoid the sacrilege of having them reused at some point."

-taken from naplesldm link below

Source:

https://www.pinterest.es/pin/314337248988867122

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http://www.naplesldm.com/pinax.php