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Among the offerings, two small greenstone figurines, possibly representing individuals of high status, seem to have played a central role in thededicatorydeposit.
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He composeddedicatoryand purificatory hymns and prose treatises, and oracular responses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The theory that this is a religious text is strengthened by recurring words and phrases that are surmised to have liturgical ordedicatorymeanings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.While her name was left off the title page, thededicatorypoems clearly identified her by name.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is anotherdedicatorychanson, one that praises a nobleman whose heraldic colours are red and gold.
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Only certain architectural features and mortuary information were recorded, including several child burials discovered at the corners of the pyramid, likely representingdedicatorysacrifices.
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Thededicatoryepistle was often used as a vehicle to express gratitude to past or present patrons while expressing hope for continued favour.
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Finally, the context of the deposit is inconsistent with secondary burials, which are oftendedicatoryin nature and are typically included within structural caches.
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Deposits may be burials, caches, or cache-likededicatoryburials.
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Large quantities of jade are found indedicatorycaches and burials in monumental architecture as well as in elite and non-elite residences.
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Davies was apparently unaware of thisdedicatoryepistle.
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Such a continuum might travel from ordinary burials todedicatoryburials to mixed burial /caches to offerings.
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The archaeological contexts excavated during the past seven years indicate that thesededicatorycomplexes were symbols of a state religious ideology and communicated sociopolitical information on behalf of ruling elites.
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The display of such sentiment was entirely conventional, and it is unlikely, therefore, that thesededicatoryepistles were read unequivocally or naively at face value by contemporaneous readers.
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