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Royal Statues in Egypt 300 BC-AD 220 - Context and Function (Paperback)
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Royal Statues in Egypt 300 BC-AD 220 - Context and Function (Paperback)
Series: Archaeopress Egyptology
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The aim of this book is to approach Ptolemaic and Imperial royal
sculpture in Egypt dating between 300 BC and AD 220 (the reigns of
Ptolemy I and Caracalla) from a contextual point of view. To
collect together the statuary items (recognised as statues, statue
heads and fragments, and inscribed bases and plinths) that are
identifiably royal and have a secure archaeological context, that
is a secure find spot or a recoverable provenance, within Egypt.
This material was used, alongside other types of evidence such as
textual sources and numismatic material, to consider the
distribution, style, placement, and functions of the royal statues,
and to answer the primary questions: where were these statues
located? What was the relationship between statue, especially
statue style, and placement? And what changes can be identified
between Ptolemaic and Imperial royal sculpture? From analysis of
the sculptural evidence, this book was able to create a catalogue
of 103 entries composed of 157 statuary items, and use this to
identify the different styles of royal statues that existed in
Ptolemaic and Imperial Egypt and the primary spaces for the
placement of such imagery, namely religious and urban space. The
results, based on the available evidence, was the identification of
a division between sculptural style and context regarding the royal
statues, with Egyptian-style material being placed in Egyptian
contexts, Greek-style material in Greek, and Imperial-style statues
associated with classical contexts. The functions of the statues
appear to have also typically been closely related to statue style
and placement. Many of the statues were often directly associated
with their location, meaning they were an intrinsic part of the
function and appearance of the context they occupied, as well as
acting as representations of the monarchs. Primarily, the royal
statues acted as a way to establish and maintain communication
between different groups in Egypt.
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