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Houses in Graeco-Roman Egypt : arenas for ritual activity / Youssri Ezzat Hussein Abdelwahed.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abdelwahed, Youssri Ezzat Hussein, author.
- Series:
- Archaeopress archaeology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ritual.
- Architecture, Roman.
- Architecture, Greek.
- Architecture, Domestic.
- Dwellings.
- History.
- Egyptians.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Egypt--Civilization--332 B.C.-638 A.D.
- Egypt.
- Civilization.
- Egypt--Social life and customs.
- Manners and customs.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Egyptians--Rites and ceremonies.
- Dwellings--Egypt--History--To 1500.
- Architecture, Domestic--Egypt.
- Architecture, Egyptian.
- Architecture, Greek--Egypt.
- Architecture, Roman--Egypt.
- Ritual--Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 104 pages) : illustrations (some color.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2016]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. The internal division of houses
- 2. The domestic pylon
- 3. Ritual activities enacted before the front door of houses
- 4. The illumination of lamps (Lychnocaia) for Athena-Neith on 13 Epeiph (Julian: 24 June)
- 5. The house as social space
- 6. The house as religious space
- 7. The house as funerary space
- General conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-104).
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781784914387
- 178491438X
- Publisher Number:
- 99984063284
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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