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Softcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Very light shelfwear else fine. ; Herakleides was a young man who lived and died in Roman Egypt almost two thousand years ago. This multidisciplinary study of his mummy, which is in the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection and on view at the Getty Villa, highlights the funerary practices and religious beliefs of his world. Through state-of-the-art technology Getty conservators, working with professionals from various other disciplines, sought to determine if the portrait over the mummy's face actually depicted the mummified remains, if precious jewels or amulets were present within the wrappings, and if the age of the mummy could be determined. The investigation was carried out without unwrapping the mummy. The iconographic symbols decorating the red-painted shroud of Herakleides depict gods and goddesses as well as express a desire for an eternal afterlife. Such concepts, popularly associated with ancient Egypt, remained influential into the time of the Roman Empire. The book concludes by comparing the data from the mummy of Herakleides to similarly decorated red-shrouded portrait mummies in collections worldwide; Getty Publications; 112 pages.
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: Meretseger Books, Paris, Frankreich
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2010. First edition. In-8, 112 pages. Original softcover, a fine copy. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Greco-Roman.
Verlag: Chicago, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1995, 1995
Anbieter: BOOKSELLER - ERIK TONEN BOOKS, Antwerpen, Belgien
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
Softcover, 222 pages, 30 x 23 cm, English text. *as new. ISBN 9780918986993. Portrait Mummies from Roman Egypt ( I-IV Centuries A.D.): with a Catalogue of Portrait Mummies in Egyptian Museums (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization, 56) 0 g.
Sprache: Englisch
Anbieter: Meretseger Books, Paris, Frankreich
Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 56. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, 1995. First edition. In-4, xxxii & 222 pages, 32 plates. Original softcover, new, still under shrink wrap. From the library of Egyptologist Charles Cornell Van Siclen III (VSX). Language: English. This book ships from the USA, shipping costs will be updated accordingly (TXR). Relevant subjects: Egypt: Coptic, Sculpture, Painting, Music & Art.