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What is the Greek term for the small silver or gold votive plaques offered to saints, depicting body parts or objects, hung near icons as prayers for healing?
Answer: tamata — Tamata (votive offerings) are small metal plaques embossed with images of body parts, houses, or ships, left at churches and shrines to express a prayer for healing or gratitude for a granted miracle, a practice dating to antiquity.
- A tamata ✓
- B stefana
- C ektypomata
- D keramata
Tamata (votive offerings) are small metal plaques embossed with images of body parts, houses, or ships, left at churches and shrines to express a prayer for healing or gratitude for a granted miracle, a practice dating to antiquity.