Isiac lamps from Alexandria and other provinces: some comparisons

• Authors: Podvin, Jean-Louis

Abstracts

EN

This research examines representations of deities on lamps that reflect Hellenistic syncretic processes that led to the refashioning of Pharaonic gods by the addition of Greek attributes. The different rendering of deities representing specifically the “Isiac cults” on Roman lamps produced in Egypt is discussed in an effort to outline the major differences between how the homeland gods were depicted as compared to deitieds privileged in other parts of the Roman Empire. The article is a synthesis of the exhaustive work of Tran tam Tinh on the lamps from Alexandria and the present author’s recent monograph on Isiac scenes on lamp discuses from outside Egypt.

Keywords

EN

Roman lamps; Isiac cult; Isis; Sarapis; iconography; Egypt vs Roman provinces; comparative studies; Alexandria

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 28(1)
• Pages: 105-124

Dates

published

2020-01-03

Contributors

author

Podvin, Jean-Louis

Identifiers

DOI

10.31338/uw.2083-537x.pam28.1.08