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Graeco-Roman Fertility Figurines from Gayer-Anderson Museum, Cairo

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Gayer-Anderson Museum includes a large collection of fertility figurines, most of which are not displayed. The main problem of this collection is the lack of provenance, which resulted in a difficulty of providing an accurate dating. The fertility figurines had a long tradition in Egypt. Selected for this article are six figurines dating to the Graeco-Roman period: Three Egyptian deities (Harpocrates 'on displayʼ, Bes, and Pataikos), the so-called Baubo or Hathoric Figurine that is related to both Egyptian and Greek myths, a Greek male deity (Priapus), whose cult started to be popular in Egypt in the 3rd century BC, and Symplegma or Copulating Pair. Each figurine has certain significance and/or shows a specific role in religious rituals or festivals. Both Egyptians and Greeks were acquiring such figurines mostly for protective and apotropaic purposes.

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10.21608/ijaf.2019.95453

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Graeco-Roman Egypt, fertility, Gayer-Anderson, Harpocrates, Baubo, Hathoric Figurines, Bes, Priapus, Pataikos, Symplegma

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Noha

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Shalaby

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Tourism Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt

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5

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14390

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2019-10-01

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2020-06-13

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2019-10-01

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52

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75

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2636-4255

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2636-4263

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International Academic Journal Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management

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Graeco-Roman Fertility Figurines from Gayer-Anderson Museum, Cairo

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23 Jan 2023