A Soter (re)connection: Five fragments of shrouds from Roman Egypt at the British Museum
Five fragments of shrouds, held at the British Museum, were rediscov,ered in the storerooms of the museum in the late 1970s. The style of their decoration suggests that they were produced in the Theban necropolis during the first or second century AD and that they are probably to be associated with...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo
Year: 2020, Volume: 76/77, Pages: 329-352 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Soter
/ Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Thebes (Egypt)
/ British Museum
/ Shroud
/ Fragment
/ Iconography
/ History 2660 BC-2160 BC
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
British Museum
B Soter family B funerary shroud B Theban necropolis B Roman Egypt |
| Summary: | Five fragments of shrouds, held at the British Museum, were rediscov,ered in the storerooms of the museum in the late 1970s. The style of their decoration suggests that they were produced in the Theban necropolis during the first or second century AD and that they are probably to be associated with the well-known Soter family. In addition to an in-depth description of these fragments, this article proposes to explore their association with Theban workshops, comparing their style and iconography to the funerary equipment attributed to the Soter family, as well as the extended corpus of material sharing similar features and generally known as "Soternalia". It also investigates these shrouds in relation to the known history of the Soter family. |
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| Physical Description: | Illustrationen |
| ISSN: | 0342-1279 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo
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