MORE ABOUT THE DIONYSIAN THIASOS IN PTOLEMAIC ATHRIBIS (LOWER EGYPT)
MORE ABOUT THE DIONYSIAN THIASOS IN PTOLEMAIC ATHRIBIS (LOWER EGYPT)

Author(s): Karol Myśliwiec
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Athribis; Tell Atrib; Ptolemaic Period; Dionysos; Osiris; Isis-Hathor-Aphrodite; coroplathy; pottery
Summary/Abstract: One of the most important results of the Polish-Egyptian excavations at Tell Atrib (Lower Egyptian Athribis) was the discovery of a large group of artefacts crafted by local artists and artisans, mainly coroplasts, potters, sculptors and faience producers. Iconographic features of these objects confirm the hypothesis that a Dionysian thiasos existed in Athribis in the first half of the Ptolemaic Period. Moreover, they prove that Egyptian religious traditions, and particularly the cult of Osiris, were progressively incorporated into the Greek rite.

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