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

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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 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 funerary cult for the deceased in his tomb, through the offering-priests who venerate Petosiris on the walls of his tomb. Furthermore, the article analysis the ritual meaning of the objects in the hands of Petosiris. The classical figure of Petosiris confirms his high status as one of the elites in the community, as well as the mixture of Egyptian and Hellenistic - Romano art, and in fact,itdoes not resemble the ethic of the patron of the deceased either Egyptian, Greek, or Roman.

DOI

10.21608/jaauth.2021.61749.1128

Keywords

Classical, the garment, the cult, the rotulus

Authors

First Name

Wahid

Last Name

Omran

MiddleName

Attia Mohmaed

Affiliation

Associate professor in Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Fayoum University

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wao00@fayoum.edu.eg

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Fayoum

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Volume

19

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3

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20824

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-08-06

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2020-12-01

Page Start

97

Page End

112

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1687-1863

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2682-4612

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https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/article_149937.html

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997

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Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality

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https://jaauth.journals.ekb.eg/

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

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22 Jan 2023