WHITEHOUSE, Helene with a note by Colin HOPE

HOPE, Colin A. ; MILLS, Anthony J.

Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary Reports on the 1992-1993 and 1993-1994 Field Seasons

Dakhleh Oasis Project Monographs 8

Oxbow Books, Oxford - Oakville, 1999, p. 95-100

fouilles excavations

[101, 200]

domaine artistique artistic sphere domaine domestique domestic sphere domaine sacré sacral sphere

objet décoré non identifié object, decorated  plaque, plaquette, tableau panel, tablet, frame 

bois non identifié wood not identified

dorure gilding découpage, taillé cutting peinture painting planche board

Probably single picture (one strip preserved) rather than part of folding triptych or a box panel. Framed once.
Painted representation of Isis in Graeco-Roman style, dated on stylistic grounds to the 2nd century (found in mid-4th century fill in a room of the Temple of Tutu). Votive offering, following private devotional use, possibly in domestic context for an unspecified period of time.
Article contains archaeological note on discovery context, comments on technical aspects of the wood panel, discussion of iconography and a comparative analysis with corpus of panel paintings, other than mummy portraits, surviving from Roman Egypt.
See also HOPE 1994: 37–42.

lieux de pratiques religieuses
places of religious practices   temple
temple

Egypte Egypt

Dakhleh Oasis

Ismant el-Kharāb (Kellis)

consommation