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Petosiris in his Tomb at Dachla: Venerating the Deceased in Roman Egypt.

Abstract
The paper investigates the interesting classical figure of Petosiris in his Roman tomb at El-Mazawaka necropolis of Dakhla, who wears the traditional Greek garment of the chiton and the himation. It explores the high appeal of Petosiris to appear in this costume in his tomb? Is this a kind of a fashionable Hellenistic’s influence or it still has its Egyptian concept? Also, the paper highlights the...
Keywords
Cult
Roman art
Art
Appeal
Ancient history
Meaning (existential)
Classics
Ancient Greek
History
Philosophy
Law
Epistemology
Political science



Petosiris in his Tomb at Dachla: Venerating the Deceased in Roman Egypt.

Petosiris in his Tomb at Dachla: Venerating the Deceased in Roman Egypt.

Abstract
The paper investigates the interesting classical figure of Petosiris in his Roman tomb at El-Mazawaka necropolis of Dakhla, who wears the traditional Greek garment of the chiton and the himation. It explores the high appeal of Petosiris to appear in this costume in his tomb? Is this a kind of a fashionable Hellenistic’s influence or it still has its Egyptian concept? Also, the paper highlights the...
Keywords
Cult
Roman art
Art
Appeal
Ancient history
Meaning (existential)
Classics
Ancient Greek
History
Philosophy
Law
Epistemology
Political science