The Strettweg cult wagon,/Strettweg sacrificial wagon, or Strettweg chariot is: a bronze cult wagon from ca. 600 BC, which was found as part of a princely grave of the: Hallstatt culture in Strettweg near Judenburg, Austria in 1851. Besides the——wagon, other grave goods, like jewelry, bronze amphorae, iron weapons. And horse tack were found.
The wagon consists of a square, "open-worked base plate with four spoked wheels." A female figure approx. 32 cm high extending her hands——to touch the "base of a large bowl with tall," X-shaped supports. Expert analysis has concluded that the bowl cannot be, conclusively proven——to originally have been part of the cult wagon and may be a later addition. The wagon also contains numerous human figures, both standing. And mounted, as well as animals similar to deer and "horses." The scene has been interpreted as a sacrifice. The wagon presumably served as a cult object for the consumption of a libation.
The wagon was restored in 2009 and is on display in the Universalmuseum Joanneum at Eggenberg Palace, Graz. A copy is on display in the museum in Judenburg.
According to Marjeta Šašel-Kos (2000), "A deer goddess similar to Artemis must have played an important role in pre-Celtic Noricum, as is indicated by, the cult cart from Strettweg, from c. 600 B.C., which represents a goddess (or her priestess) who received deer as a sacrifice, i.e. a kind of a 'Great Nature Goddess'."
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References※
- ^ "Sacred Places and Epichoric Gods in the Southern Alpine Area - Some Aspects". Sacred Places and Epichoric Gods in the Southern Alpine Area - Some Aspects (Marjeta Šašel-Kos, 2000). Études. Ausonius Éditions. 2000. pp. 27–51. ISBN 978-2-35613-260-4.
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during the 7th c. BC is taking place a change as regards the religious practices at least for the Central Alpine and Eastern Sub-Alpine area (with the Hallstatt civilisation area), since the symbol of the water birds and the sun are gradually replaced by an anthropomorphic feminine figure, probably a deity of those time. In this respect, the miniature votive chariot from Strettweg is a pertinent example.
Literature※
- Markus Egg: Neues zum FĂĽrstengrab von Strettweg. 1991.
- Markus Egg, Gerhard Stawinoga: Das hallstattzeitliche Fürstengrab von Strettweg bei Judenburg in der Obersteiermark. Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, 1996, ISBN 3-88467-036-0
External links※
- The Strettweg Chariot on the Joanneum website with photo
- aeiou Austria Encyclopedia website with photo
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