A new Ptolemaic hypogeum with a Hadra vase at Tuna el-Gebel
While incineration was a form of punishment during the dynastic period, the ritual became more common in Ptolemaic times. Burninq of the corpse, however, was practised in Greek settlements only. As a consequence, the urns called Hadra vases were found to a great extent in Alexandria, but until now t...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2022
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| In: |
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo
Year: 2020, Volume: 76/77, Pages: 211-226 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Tuna el-Dschabal
/ Cremation
/ Hypogaeum
/ Hadra vase
/ Alabaster container
/ History 323 BC-30 BC
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology TC Pre-Christian history ; Ancient Near East |
| Further subjects: | B
hypogeum
B Hadra vase B incineration B Graeco-Roman Egypt B alabaster vessel |
| Summary: | While incineration was a form of punishment during the dynastic period, the ritual became more common in Ptolemaic times. Burninq of the corpse, however, was practised in Greek settlements only. As a consequence, the urns called Hadra vases were found to a great extent in Alexandria, but until now they were not recorded further south. The hypogeum with a Hadra vase dating to the early Ptolemaic Period excavated recently in Tuna el-Gebel by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities is therefore of the utmost significance testifying to a Greek community living at Hermopolis during the 3rd century BC. |
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| Physical Description: | Illustrationen |
| ISSN: | 0342-1279 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo
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