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Female figurines were produced during the Christian period (4th-7th c. CE) in Egypt, from Aswan to Karanis to the Abu Mina pilgrimage city. These figurines played a significant role in social life and religious practices during the Late Antique period.

Cover image, from Frankfurter 2015, Fig. 3

Map

This map offers an overview of the ateliers (known so far) according to the raw material used to produce the Christian Female figurines and the different contexts of discovery.

Bookmarks

Bailey, D.M., Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum IV: Ptolemaic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt, London 2008.

Ballet, P., Figurines et société de l’Égypte ptolémaïque et romaine, Paris 2020.

Frankfurter, D., “Female Figurines in Early Christian Egypt: Reconstructing Lost Practices and Meanings”, Material Religion 11/2 (2015), pp. 190–223.

Miniaci, G. (ed.), Breaking Images. Damage and Mutilation of Ancient Figurines (Multidisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Societies 2), Oxford and Philadelphia 2023.

Török, L., Coptic Antiquities I (Bibliotheca Archaeologica 11), Rome 1993.

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