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adytum, adyton
adytum: plan of a Roman temple, showing the adytum at A
1. The inner shrine of a temple reserved for the priests.
2. The most sacred part of a place of worship.
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The discussion points to a temple, perhaps to a closed structure of the adyton type, well represented in the region, or an open-air platform supporting a representation of a deity, a formula also known in the Near East.
Jacqueline Dentzer-Feydy, Jean-Marie Dentzer, Pierre-Marie Blanc ... by Genequand, Denis / Antiquity
 
 
 
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