Hellenistic Painted Goblets in Alexandria

Author:   M.D. Rodziewicz
Publisher:   Etudes Alexandrines
Volume:   Volume 49
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9782490128129


Pages:   325
Publication Date:   31 December 2020
Format:   Hardback
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For many long years painted goblets were considered as a unique and hard-to-define group of Egyptian ceramics. The rich iconography that they displayed was not understood and they were dated to the Roman and Late Roman period. A close examination of the collection of sherds amassed by Lukas Benaki in the 1930s from the necropolis of Hadia in Alexandria - now held in the British Museum, the Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, and the Benaki Museum, Athens, - and of several complete vases, as well as fragments unearthed in recent well documented excavations in Alexandria, has served to strengthen D. Bailey’s proposed dating to the 2nd-1st century BC in the Hellenistic era, and to establish their place of production as the Mareotid. It has been possible to identify scenes of procreation, of childbirth and of banquets, all associated with depictions of bountiful nature, which set these vases within a religious context celebrating life and rebirth. This volume has been awarded the 2020 prize “À la Mémoire de Jean Léchant” by the Michela Schiff Giorgini Foundation. Les gobelets peints ont été durant de longues années considérés comme un groupe de céramique égyptienne unique et difficile à définir. Leur riche iconographie restait incomprise et leur datation placée à l’époque romaine ou romaine tardive. L’examen de la collection de tessons réunie par Lukas Benaki dans les années 1930 dans la nécropole de Hadra à Alexandrie et conservée au British Museum, au Musée gréco-romain d’Alexandrie et au Musée Benaki d’Athènes et de quelques vases complets, ainsi que des fragments mis au jour dans des fouilles récentes bien stratifiées à Alexandrie a permis de conforter la datation à l’époque hellénistique (IIe-Ier siècle av. J.-C.), proposée par D. Bailey et de fixer leur lieu de production en Maréotide. Il a été possible d’identifier des scènes de procréation, d’accouchement et de banquet, associées à des représentations d’une nature prolifique, qui placent ces vases dans un contexte cultuel de célébration de la vie et de la renaissance. Ce volume a recu le prix «À la Mémoire de Jean Leclant» décerné par la Fondation Michela Schiff Giorgini en 2020.

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Author:   M.D. Rodziewicz
Publisher:   Etudes Alexandrines
Imprint:   Etudes Alexandrines
Volume:   Volume 49
ISBN:  

9782490128129


ISBN 10:   2490128124
Pages:   325
Publication Date:   31 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

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