I templi del Fayyum di epoca tolemaico-romana: tra fonti scritte e contesti archeologici

Per una classificazione degli edifici sacri nell’Egitto tolemaico e romano

By (author) Ilaria Rossetti

Book cover: I templi del Fayyum di epoca tolemaico-romana: tra fonti scritte e contesti archeologici

Extent: 284 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Egypt

Series: Archaeopress Egyptology

Language: Italian

Paperback (Published)

(April 2020)

ISBN: 9781789694956

8.07 x 11.46 inches

Price: $64.00

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During the Ptolemaic period, Egyptian temples were divided into three ranks: first, second and third class. This volume examines the rules according to which Egyptian sacred buildings were classified and how the different classes of temples were planned and arranged.


La documentazione amministrativa di epoca tolemaica testimonia una divisione di tutti i complessi sacri dell’Egitto in primo, secondo e terzo rango. Questa classificazione sembra non aver lasciato traccia nei documenti di epoca romana, quando solo i templi principali sembrano essere considerati e indicati come logima hiera. A tuttora non sono ancora state definite ne le ragioni e i criteri secondo cui gli edifici sacri furono suddivisi in classi, ne se vi sia stato un riscontro di questa ripartizione nei dati archeologici. Nel I templi del Fayyum in epoca tolemaico-romana: Per una classificazione degli edifici sacri nell’Egitto tolemaico e romano aims si tentera di rispondere a questi interrogativi mettendo a confronto e integrando dati desumibili sia dai documenti amministrativi sia dai contesti archeologici dei vari complessi templari della regione del Fayyum, alla quale e stata limitata questa seconda categoria di dati.

Index ; Premise ; Methodological introduction ; Part I: Written sources. Classification of temples in papyrus and epigraphic documents ; Chapter 1: ???ta, ?e?te?a ?a? ???ss??a ?e?? ; Chapter 2: ????a ?e?? ; 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, Index ;

Premise ;

Methodological introduction ;



Part I: Written sources. Classification of temples in papyrus and epigraphic documents ;

Chapter 1: Πρῶτα, Δεύτερα καὶ Ἐλάσσονα ἱερά ;

Chapter 2: Λόγιμα ἱερά ;

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

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).

  • By (author) Ilaria Rossetti