Egyptianizing figurines from Delos a study in Hellenistic religion / [electronic resource] :
Caitlín Barrett.
- Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
- 1 online resource (832 p.)
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OF EGYPTIAN AND EGYPTIANIZING TERRACOTTA FIGURINES AND PLASTIC VASES FROM HELLENISTIC DELOS; appendiX C. List of Unpublished Field Notes CitedBibliography.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.