LEADER 03102nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910451375403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-75816-3 010 $a0-19-153487-0 010 $a1-4294-3090-7 024 3 $a9780199276653 035 $a(CKB)1000000000469628 035 $a(EBL)422721 035 $a(OCoLC)476259130 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109470 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129599 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109470 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10045818 035 $a(PQKB)11183050 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC422721 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL422721 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10160645 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75816 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000469628 100 $a20060612d2005 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe beautiful burial in Roman Egypt$b[electronic resource] $eart, identity, and funerary religion /$fChristina Riggs 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (367 p.) 225 1 $aOxford studies in ancient culture and representation 300 $aRevision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Oxford University. 311 $a0-19-927665-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [302]-321) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis important new study looks at coffins, masks, shrouds, and tombs from the Roman Period in Egypt, when naturalistic Greek art forms, like portraits, were combined with traditional Egyptian art. The book presents more than 150 objects and tombs, many for the first time, and reveals how they created a 'beautiful burial' to glorify the dead in the changing cultural landscape of Roman Egypt. - ;This important new study looks at the intersection of Greek and Egyptian art forms in the funerary sphere of Roman Egypt. A discussion of artistic change, cultural identity, and religious belief foregrou 410 0$aOxford studies in ancient culture and representation. 606 $aFuneral rites and ceremonies$zEgypt 606 $aBurial$zEgypt$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aArt, Egyptian 606 $aRomans$zEgypt 607 $aEgypt$xCivilization$y332 B.C.-638 A.D 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFuneral rites and ceremonies 615 0$aBurial$xHistory 615 0$aArt, Egyptian. 615 0$aRomans 676 $a932/.01 700 $aRiggs$b Christina$0623658 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451375403321 996 $aThe beautiful burial in Roman Egypt$92195781 997 $aUNINA