Egyptianizing figurines from Delos : a study in Hellenistic religion /

Egyptianizing figurines from Delos : a study in Hellenistic religion /

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,...

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Main Author: Barrett, Caitlin E.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Series: Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition 36.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN: 9789004223240.

Subjects:

Terra-cotta figurines, Hellenistic > Greece > Delos Island.
Cults > Greece > Delos Island.
Delos Island (Greece) > Religion.
Egypt > Religion > Influence.

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Call Number: NB155 .B37 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
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  • Chapter One. Introduction: Egyptianizing Cult at a Crossroads of Hellenistic Trade /
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  • Chapter Two. Fabric Analysis: Evidence for the Local Origins of the Majority of Egyptianizing Figurines on Delos /
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  • Chapter Three. Manufacturing Techniques, Technological Style, and the Question of Egyptian Coroplasts on Delos /
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  • Chapter Four. The Eye of the Sun and the Inundation of the Nile: Iconographic Evidence for Egyptian Theology on Delos /
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  • Chapter Five. A Contextual Analysis of the Findspots of Egyptian and Egyptianizing Terracotta Figurines on Delos /
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  • Chapter Six. Conclusions: Syncretic Theology in Household Cult /
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  • Appendix A. Timeline of Delian History /
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  • Appendix B. Catalog of Egyptian and Egyptianizing Terracotta Figurines and Plastic Vases from Hellenistic Delos /
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  • Appendix C. List of Unpublished Field Notes Cited /
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  • Bibliography /
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  • Index of Divine and Personal Names /
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  • Geographical Index (1): General /
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  • Geographical Index (2): Locations on Delos and Rheneia /
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  • Index and Glossary of Selected Egyptian Terms and Divine Epithets /
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  • General Index /
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  • Index of Selected Egyptian, Greek, and Latin Texts /
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  • Plates /
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