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The painted panel and shroud portraits of Roman Egypt constitute the only corpus of coloured images of individuals to survive from classical antiquity. Many are of outstanding artistic quality, and as a whole they reflect a range of techniques and styles. The images combine both the subject's belief in the traditional Egyptian cults, which offered them a firm prospect of life after death, and the Roman manner, of reflecting the subject's status in life. The portraits reveal the adoption of Roman fashions in dress and personal adornment by persons remote from the centre of the empire, but likely to have been actively engaged in its local administration. Many of the best known portraits come from the Fayum, but others in various media are known from sites in the Nile Valley and along the Mediterranean coast. This catalogue, published to coincide with an exhibition at the British Museum, presents a wide range of these portraits, showing the Roman influence coexisting with traditional Egyptian ways of commemorating the dead.
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- PublisherBritish Museum Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0714119059
- ISBN 13 9780714119052
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- Number of pages208
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Book Description 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 224 pages: illustrations (chiefly colour), map; 28 cm. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London in 1997 (p. 7) and at Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, 22 Oct., 1997-28 Feb., 1998 (It. cat. : half t.p.). "This volume also serves as Part IV of A Catalogue of Roman Portraits in the British Museum." The majority of portraits in this exhibition, a joint project of the Dept. of Egyptian Antiquities and the Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the British Museum, are from the British Museum. Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217). "This volume also serves as Part IV of A catalogue of the Roman portraits in the British Museum". Subjects: British Museum. Department of Egyptian Antiquities; Exhibitions. British Museum; Exhibitions. British Museum. Mummy portraits England London; Exhibitions. Portraits, Roman Catalogs. Portraits. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated. 2 Kg. Seller Inventory # 313191
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Book Description 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 224 pages: illustrations (chiefly colour), map; 28 cm. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the British Museum, London in 1997 (p. 7) and at Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, 22 Oct., 1997-28 Feb., 1998 (It. cat. : half t.p.). "This volume also serves as Part IV of A Catalogue of Roman Portraits in the British Museum." The majority of portraits in this exhibition, a joint project of the Dept. of Egyptian Antiquities and the Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the British Museum, are from the British Museum. Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217). "This volume also serves as Part IV of A catalogue of the Roman portraits in the British Museum". Subjects: British Museum. Department of Egyptian Antiquities; Exhibitions. British Museum; Exhibitions. British Museum. Mummy portraits England London; Exhibitions. Portraits, Roman Catalogs. Portraits. Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated. 2 Kg. Seller Inventory # 313191
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