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82 PhilippKobusch monuments, as can be observed in the text sources inwhich the temenos can occasionally be equatedwith theareawithin theperirrhanteria. Consequently,boundariesmarkedbywater, orby the ritualuseofwater, arenot congruent with the architectural boundaries. In particular, the monumental propylon architecturally marked the transition to thesanctuary.The ritedepassageofpurificationcould takeplaceboth spatially in front of and behind the propylon. The specific ritual of perirrhansismay also have beencarriedoutwhileentering thepropylon.However, thepropylonwasneveraplaceofexten- sive washing and water basins were not integrated into the architecture as an integral part. Although thepropylon’smain taskwas tomake thecrossingof theborder a spatial experience, for example, through the difference in level or the strong shading in a closed building, it did not primarily serve as a place of ritual performance. Thismeans that the central ritual action, which can be regarded as a prerequisite for the constitution of sacred space, often did not receive its ownprominentarchitectural stagingorwas spatially separated fromthearchitectur- allymarked boundary itself. Ritual and architectural staging, respectively agency and percep- tion,maytosomeextent lie spatiallyclose together,but inmostcases theyremainconceptually clearly separated, independent elements.75 IllustrationCredits Fig. 1: drawingbyPhilippKobusch. Fig. 2: drawingbyPhilippKobusch, after:Amandry–Hansen 2010, plan 1; Courby 1927, fig. 132; Pouilloux–Roux 1963, plan 22. Fig.3: drawingbyPhilippKobusch, after Papapostolou 2014, fig. 79. Fig.4: drawingbyPhilippKobusch, after Ziro 1991, fig. 22. Fig. 5: drawingbyPhilippKobusch, afterGlaser 1983, fig.46. Fig.6: Schazmann 1932, pl. 37. Fig. 7: drawingbyPhilippKobusch, afterReichel –Wilhelm1901, fig.6. 9–10. Fig.8: drawingbyPhilippKobusch, after Bon–Seyrig 1929, pl. 16. Fig.9: drawingbyPhilippKobusch, afterRoux 1961, pls. 53–54. Fig. 10: drawingbyPhilippKobusch, afterKerschner 1996,pl. 24,4.Krakow,CzartoryskiMuse- um1211. Bibliography Primary sources Clark2000:G. Clark, Porphyry.OnAbstinence fromKillingAnimals (London2000). Harmon 1960:A.M.Harmon, Lucian in EightVolumes III 3(London 1960). Jones 1979:W.H.S. Jones, Pausanias.DescriptionofGreece (London 1979). Jones 1981:W.H.S. Jones,Hippocrates II (London 1981). Epigraphic corpora LeGuen-Pollet 1991:B. LeGuen-Pollet, La vie religieusedans lemondegrecduVeau IIIe siècle avant notre ère. Choixdedocuments épigraphiques traduits et commentés, Collection “Amphi 7”,Histoire (Toulouse 1991). 75 In early Christianity, the opposite can be observed. For baptism as a ritual directly connected with water, a special type of building was developed – the Baptistery – , which explicitly referred to the performance of the ritual. See Zimmermann, this volume.