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Egyptianizing figurines from Delos [electronic resource] : a study in Hellenistic religion / Caitlín Barrett.

By: Publication details: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (832 p.)ISBN:
  • 9789004222663 (electronic bk.)
  • 9004222669 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Egyptianizing Figurines from Delos : A Study in Hellenistic ReligionDDC classification:
  • 299.31093915 23
LOC classification:
  • NB155
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Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction: Egyptianizing Cult at a Crossroads of Hellenistic Trade; Manufacturing Techniques, Technological Style, and the Question of Egyptian Coroplasts on Delos; The Eye of the Sun and the Inundation of the Nile: Iconographic Evidence for Egyptian Theology on Delos; A Contextual Analysis of the Findspots of Egyptian and Egyptianizing Terracotta Figurines on Delos; Conclusions: Syncretic Theology in Household Cult; TIMELINE OF DELIAN HISTORY; appendiX B; CATALOG OF EGYPTIAN AND EGYPTIANIZING TERRACOTTA FIGURINES AND PLASTIC VASES FROM HELLENISTIC DELOS; appendiX C.
List of Unpublished Field Notes CitedBibliography.
Summary: This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official" cults.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; Introduction: Egyptianizing Cult at a Crossroads of Hellenistic Trade; Manufacturing Techniques, Technological Style, and the Question of Egyptian Coroplasts on Delos; The Eye of the Sun and the Inundation of the Nile: Iconographic Evidence for Egyptian Theology on Delos; A Contextual Analysis of the Findspots of Egyptian and Egyptianizing Terracotta Figurines on Delos; Conclusions: Syncretic Theology in Household Cult; TIMELINE OF DELIAN HISTORY; appendiX B; CATALOG OF EGYPTIAN AND EGYPTIANIZING TERRACOTTA FIGURINES AND PLASTIC VASES FROM HELLENISTIC DELOS; appendiX C.

List of Unpublished Field Notes CitedBibliography.

This book investigates Hellenistic popular religion through an interdisciplinary study of figurines of Egyptian deities from Delos. The results offer a new perspective on Hellenistic reinterpretations of Egyptian religion, as well as the relationship between "popular" and "official" cults.

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