Egypt
- Why Do Museums Collect… Shabtis?
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) One of the most popular and ubiquitous items of ancient Egyptian funerary equipment is the small servant figurine – or shabti. Most museums with an Egyptian collection, however small, include at least...
- New Book: Isis On The Nile
Brill Isis on the Nile. Egyptian Gods in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt Proceedings of the IVth International Conference of Isis Studies, Liège, November 27-29 2008 Edited by Laurent Bricault and Miguel John Versluys Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman...
- Book Review Extracts
Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World Paul McKechnie & Philippe Guillaume (eds.) Brill http://www.sehepunkte.de/2009/06/15151.html Review by Silvia Barbantani The volume under review originates from an interdisciplinary conference on Ptolemy II Philadelphus...
- Book Review: Household And Family Religion In Antiquity
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by David Elton Gay) John Bodel, Saul M. Olyan (ed.), Household and Family Religion in Antiquity. The Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Blackwell Pub. ISBN 9781405175791 Household and Family Religion in Antiquity...
- The Intellectual Consequences Of Collecting Coptic Art
Looting Matters (David Gill) Following on from recent reports about fact Coptic art held in museum collections, David Gill has made the brief point that he and Christopher Chippindale have been making for many years - which is that "Collecting recently-surfaced...
Egypt
New Book: Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos
Brill
Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos. A Study in Hellenistic Religion
By Caitlín E. Barrett
Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos. A Study in Hellenistic Religion
By Caitlín E. Barrett
This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of terracotta figurines of Egyptian deities, mostly from domestic contexts, from the trading port of Delos. A comparison of the figurines’ iconography to parallels in Egyptian religious texts, temple reliefs, and ritual objects suggests that many figurines depict deities or rituals associated with Egyptian festivals. An analysis of the objects’ clay fabrics and manufacturing techniques indicates that most were made on Delos. Additionally, archival research on unpublished notes from early excavations reveals new data on many figurines’ archaeological contexts, illuminating their roles in both domestic and temple cults. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between “popular” and “official” cults.
- Why Do Museums Collect… Shabtis?
Egypt at the Manchester Museum (Campbell Price) One of the most popular and ubiquitous items of ancient Egyptian funerary equipment is the small servant figurine – or shabti. Most museums with an Egyptian collection, however small, include at least...
- New Book: Isis On The Nile
Brill Isis on the Nile. Egyptian Gods in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt Proceedings of the IVth International Conference of Isis Studies, Liège, November 27-29 2008 Edited by Laurent Bricault and Miguel John Versluys Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman...
- Book Review Extracts
Ptolemy II Philadelphus and his World Paul McKechnie & Philippe Guillaume (eds.) Brill http://www.sehepunkte.de/2009/06/15151.html Review by Silvia Barbantani The volume under review originates from an interdisciplinary conference on Ptolemy II Philadelphus...
- Book Review: Household And Family Religion In Antiquity
Bryn Mawr Classical Review (Reviewed by David Elton Gay) John Bodel, Saul M. Olyan (ed.), Household and Family Religion in Antiquity. The Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Blackwell Pub. ISBN 9781405175791 Household and Family Religion in Antiquity...
- The Intellectual Consequences Of Collecting Coptic Art
Looting Matters (David Gill) Following on from recent reports about fact Coptic art held in museum collections, David Gill has made the brief point that he and Christopher Chippindale have been making for many years - which is that "Collecting recently-surfaced...