Favissa

The Byblos votive figurines found in one of the favissae of the Temple of the Obelisks in Byblos

A favissa is a cultic storage place, usually a pit or an underground cellar, for sacred utensils and votive objects no longer in use. Favissae were located within the sacred temple precincts of the various ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Archaeologists have found such pits in Ancient Egypt, the Roman world and in the Phoenician and Punic world.[1][2]

  1. ^ Lacovara 2016, p. 415.
  2. ^ Lipinski 2003, p. 300–301.