{{Short description|Clay tablet depicting Greek mysteries}} {{Infobox artefact |image=NAMA Mystères d'Eleusis.jpg |created={{circa}} 370 BC |material=Clay |height=44.5 cm |discovered_date=1895 |discovered_place=Elefsina, Attica, Greece |location=Athens, Attica, Greece |width=33 cm}}
The '''Ninnion Tablet''', dated to approximately 370 BC, is a red clay tablet depicting the ancient Greek Eleusinian Mysteries (religious rites connected to Greek mythology). It was rediscovered in Eleusis, Attica in 1895, and is kept in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
==Content== The tablet depicts Iacchus leading a procession of initiates into the Mysteries. Receiving this group are the deities Demeter and Persephone. Above the artifact's main scene are multiple representations of The Moon. The Ninnion Tablet is the only known original representation of the Mysteries' initiation rites.
== See also == * Lacrateides Relief * Caryatids of Eleusis * Regina Vasorum
==References== *{{cite book|last=Clinton|first=Kevin|editor-last=Ogden|editor-first=Daniel|title=A Companion to Greek Religion|year=2010|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |isbn=9781444334173|pages=349–353|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOQtHNJJU9UC&pg=PA349|edition=1st|series=Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World|chapter=Chapter 22: The Mysteries of Demeter and Kore}} *{{cite book|last=Kerényi|first=Carl|authorlink=Károly Kerényi|title=Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter|year=1991|publisher=Princeton University Press|location=Princeton, N.J.|isbn=9780691019154|series=Volume 4 of Archetypal Images in Greek Religion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ds1Wg01wzeYC&pg=PP1}}
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Category:Eleusinian Mysteries Category:Ancient Greek pottery Category:Attic pottery Category:Clay tablets Category:National Archaeological Museum, Athens Category:Archaeological discoveries in Attica Category:1895 archaeological discoveries Category:4th-century BC artifacts