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Attic Grave Reliefs That Represent Women in the Dress of Isis
Elizabeth J. Walters
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Paperback. The author investigates the appearance of a fashion in clothing, involving a knotted mantle worn across the chest, on many Attic stelae of the Roman period. She suggests that this style can be traced to Egyptian roots, and might have particularly been associated with a cult of Isis, popular among wealthy Athenians. Series: Hesperia supplements. Num Pages: 153 pages, xvi + 136 pp, 2 figs, 52 pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 617.
The author investigates the appearance of a fashion in clothing, involving a knotted mantle worn across the chest, on many Attic stelae of the Roman period. She suggests that this style can be traced to Egyptian roots, and might have been particularly associated with a cult of Isis, popular among wealthy Athenians. The book presents a catalogue of the 106 known Isis reliefs from Attica and a review of all forms of evidence for the cult.
The author investigates the appearance of a fashion in clothing, involving a knotted mantle worn across the chest, on many Attic stelae of the Roman period. She suggests that this style can be traced to Egyptian roots, and might have been particularly associated with a cult of Isis, popular among wealthy Athenians. The book presents a catalogue of the 106 known Isis reliefs from Attica and a review of all forms of evidence for the cult.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Number of pages
153
Condition
New
Series
Hesperia supplements
Number of Pages
153
Place of Publication
Princeton, United States
ISBN
9780876615225
SKU
V9780876615225
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