03102nam 2200673 a 450 991045137540332120200520144314.01-280-75816-30-19-153487-01-4294-3090-79780199276653(CKB)1000000000469628(EBL)422721(OCoLC)476259130(SSID)ssj0000109470(PQKBManifestationID)11129599(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109470(PQKBWorkID)10045818(PQKB)11183050(MiAaPQ)EBC422721(Au-PeEL)EBL422721(CaPaEBR)ebr10160645(CaONFJC)MIL75816(EXLCZ)99100000000046962820060612d2005 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe beautiful burial in Roman Egypt[electronic resource] art, identity, and funerary religion /Christina RiggsOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (367 p.)Oxford studies in ancient culture and representationRevision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University.0-19-927665-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-321) and index.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 IndexThis 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 foregrouOxford studies in ancient culture and representation.Funeral rites and ceremoniesEgyptBurialEgyptHistoryTo 1500Art, EgyptianRomansEgyptEgyptCivilization332 B.C.-638 A.DElectronic books.Funeral rites and ceremoniesBurialHistoryArt, Egyptian.Romans932/.01Riggs Christina623658MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451375403321The beautiful burial in Roman Egypt2195781UNINA