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During the Ptolemaic period, Egyptian temples were divided into three ranks: first, second and third class. There was no trace of this classification of sacred buildings in the papyri of the Roman period when only the most important temples were classified by the epithet logima hiera. This work aims to understand the rules according to which Egyptian sacred buildings were classified and how these first, second and third-class temples were planned and arranged. To do this, an integrated analysis of different kinds of sources was carried out: all the Graeco-Roman papyri and the inscriptions, which contain rank epithets, were examined and different archaeological data about the temples of the Fayyum region were investigated. Based on these sources, it was possible to put forward different hypotheses on the administration and architectural aspects of these sacred buildings.

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Author:   Ilaria Rossetti (Archeology officer, Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali e per il turismo)
Publisher:   Archaeopress
Imprint:   Archaeopress
Weight:   1.013kg
ISBN:  

9781789694956

ISBN 10:   1789694957
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   16 April 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Index ; Premise ; Methodological introduction ; Part I: Written sources. Classification of temples in papyrus and epigraphic documents ; Chapter 1: , ; Chapter 2: ; Chapter 3: Registration ; Part II: Archaeological contexts. The temples of Fayyum ; Chapter 4: The temples of the meris of Herakleides ; Chapter 5: The temples of the meris of Polemon ; Chapter 6: The temples of the meris of Themistos ; Part III: Reconstruction of the historical-administrative, architectural and cultural context of the Fayyum temples ; Chapter 7: Reconstruction of the historical and administrative context ; Chapter 8: Temple architecture in the Fayyum ; Conclusions ; Bibliography ; Concordance Tables

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Ilaria Rossetti is currently an archaeology officer at the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities. She obtained a Master’s Degree cum laude and a post-graduate degree at the Bologna University in Egyptology. In 2015 she obtained a PhD at Siena University. From 2015-2017 she was junior researcher at Bologna University, where she was involved in numerous archaeological projects. Since 2012, she has been field-director of archaeological Mission at Bakchias coordinated by the two co-directors Prof. Enrico Giorgi (Bologna University) and Prof. Paola Buzi (Sapienza University of Rome).

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