| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 334 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation
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Oxford studies in ancient culture and representation.
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| Note |
Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-321) and index. |
| Contents |
Contents; Illustrations; Colour Plates; Abbreviations; Note on Names and Transliteration; Map of Egypt in the Roman Period; 1 Introduction: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion; 2 Osiris, Hathor, and the Gendered Dead; 3 Portraying the Dead; 4 Art and Archaism in Western Thebes; 5 Conclusions: The 'Beautiful Burial' in Roman Egypt; Appendix: List of Objects; Bibliography; Register of Museums; General Index. |
| Summary |
This important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they created a 'beautiful burial' to glorify the dead in the changing cultural landscape of Roman Egypt. - ;This important new study looks at the intersection of Greek and Egyptian art forms in the funerary sphere of Roman Egypt. A discussion of artistic change, cultural identity, and religious belief foregrou. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Egypt.
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Funeral rites and ceremonies. |
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Egypt. |
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Burial -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
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Burial. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
Art, Egyptian.
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Art, Egyptian. |
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Egypt -- Civilization -- 332 B.C.-638 A.D.
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Romans -- Egypt.
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Romans. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Riggs, Christina. Beautiful burial in Roman Egypt. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 019927665X (DLC) 2006296312 (OCoLC)60793927 |
| ISBN |
9781429430906 (electronic book) |
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1429430907 (electronic book) |
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019927665X |
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9780199276653 |
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9780191534874 (electronic book) |
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0191534870 (electronic book) |
| Standard No. |
9780199276653 |
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