2002, ISBN: 9004124403

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[SC: 35.72], [PU: Leiden ; Boston, MA: Brill, 2002], rectangular orange label pasted into margin of page 276 for no apparent reason, otherwise fresh attractive green hardcover with printed, decorated covers. VERSLUYS, M. J. Aegyptiaca Romana: nilotic scenes and the Roman views of Egypt. Leiden ; Boston, MA: Brill, 2002, xiv, 509pp., . Religions in the Graeco-Roman world v. 144. - This archaeological study investigates the meaning of the Egyptian and egyptianising artefacts that have been preserved from the Roman world in different ways. Its point of departure is a detailed study on the so-called Nilotic scenes or Nilotic landscapes. The book presents a comprehensive and illustrated catalogue of the genre that was popular all around the Mediterranean from the Hellenistic period to the Christian era as well as a contextualisation and interpretation. Drawing on the conclusions thus reached the whole group of Aegyptiaca Romana is subsequently studied. Based on a general overview of this material in the Roman world and, moreover, a case-study of the Aegyptiaca from the city of Rome the different meanings of this cultural phenomenon are mapped. Together with other Egyptian deities popular in the Roman world, the goddess Isis plays an important role in this discussion. Aegyptiaca Romana, among them the Nilotic scenes, are part of the reflection of the Roman attitude towards and thoughts on Egypt, Egyptian culture and the East. The concluding part of the book illustrates and tries to explain this Roman discourse on Egypt. - CONTENTS: I. Introduction. 1. The relations between Rome and Egypt. 2. 'Forschungsgeschichte' and present status quaestionis. 3. Nilotic landscapes: unused source material. 4. Set-up and aim of the research -- II. Corpus Figurarum Niloticarum. 1. Italy. 2. North Africa. 3. Egypt. 4. European provinces. 5. Near Eastern provinces -- III. Nilotic scenes in the Roman world. Interpretation and contextualisation. 1. Topographical distribution. 2. Chronological distribution. 3. Contextual distribution. 4. An inventory of the elements depicted and their meaning. 5. Nilotic scenes in the Roman world: development and occurrence. 6. Nilotic scenes in the Roman world: a reconstruction of the function -- IV. Roman Aegyptiaca. 1. Other Egyptian and egyptianising monuments and artefacts in the Roman world. 2. An example further investigated: Rome. 3. Aegyptiaca Romana: the meanings of a cultural phenomenon -- V. The Roman discourse on Egypt reconstructed. 1. Imagining the Other: a theoretical framework. 2. Rome and the Other: general aspects. 3. The Roman image of Egypt. 4. Concluding remarks and conclusions. 9789004124400 ISBN 9004124403<

2002, ISBN: 9004124403

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[SC: 37.07], [PU: Leiden ; Boston, MA: Brill, 2002], rectangular orange label pasted into margin of page 276 for no apparent reason, otherwise fresh attractive green hardcover with printed, decorated covers. VERSLUYS, M. J. Aegyptiaca Romana: nilotic scenes and the Roman views of Egypt. Leiden ; Boston, MA: Brill, 2002, xiv, 509pp., . Religions in the Graeco-Roman world v. 144. - This archaeological study investigates the meaning of the Egyptian and egyptianising artefacts that have been preserved from the Roman world in different ways. Its point of departure is a detailed study on the so-called Nilotic scenes or Nilotic landscapes. The book presents a comprehensive and illustrated catalogue of the genre that was popular all around the Mediterranean from the Hellenistic period to the Christian era as well as a contextualisation and interpretation. Drawing on the conclusions thus reached the whole group of Aegyptiaca Romana is subsequently studied. Based on a general overview of this material in the Roman world and, moreover, a case-study of the Aegyptiaca from the city of Rome the different meanings of this cultural phenomenon are mapped. Together with other Egyptian deities popular in the Roman world, the goddess Isis plays an important role in this discussion. Aegyptiaca Romana, among them the Nilotic scenes, are part of the reflection of the Roman attitude towards and thoughts on Egypt, Egyptian culture and the East. The concluding part of the book illustrates and tries to explain this Roman discourse on Egypt. - CONTENTS: I. Introduction. 1. The relations between Rome and Egypt. 2. 'Forschungsgeschichte' and present status quaestionis. 3. Nilotic landscapes: unused source material. 4. Set-up and aim of the research -- II. Corpus Figurarum Niloticarum. 1. Italy. 2. North Africa. 3. Egypt. 4. European provinces. 5. Near Eastern provinces -- III. Nilotic scenes in the Roman world. Interpretation and contextualisation. 1. Topographical distribution. 2. Chronological distribution. 3. Contextual distribution. 4. An inventory of the elements depicted and their meaning. 5. Nilotic scenes in the Roman world: development and occurrence. 6. Nilotic scenes in the Roman world: a reconstruction of the function -- IV. Roman Aegyptiaca. 1. Other Egyptian and egyptianising monuments and artefacts in the Roman world. 2. An example further investigated: Rome. 3. Aegyptiaca Romana: the meanings of a cultural phenomenon -- V. The Roman discourse on Egypt reconstructed. 1. Imagining the Other: a theoretical framework. 2. Rome and the Other: general aspects. 3. The Roman image of Egypt. 4. Concluding remarks and conclusions. 9789004124400 ISBN 9004124403<