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Aspects of Religious Syncretism of the Goddess Isis in Greco-Roman Egypt: A Case of the Terracotta Figurines from the Collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
 
PIIS032103910015605-8-1
DOI10.31857/S032103910015605-8
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Olga Vassilieva 
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Svetlana E. Malykh
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameVestnik drevnei istorii
EditionVolume 81 Issue 2
Pages604-633
Abstract

The article provides a publication and analysis of ten Egyptian terracotta figurines of Isis from the Graeco-Roman period (collection of the Department of Ancient Orient, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow). They come from the collections of V.S. Golenischev, N.G. Ter-Mikaelian and O.V. Kovtunovich and are dated to the broad period – from the early Hellenistic age (4th–3rd cent. B.C.), to the Late Ptolemaic (1st cent. B.C.) and Roman periods (1st–3rd cent. A.D.), giving evidence of the popularity of Isis’ cult in Graeco-Roman Egypt. The images of the goddess studied in this paper have additional attributes adopted from the female deities of the Greek (Aphrodite, Demeter, Selene) and eastern pantheons. These features allow considering the aspects of Isis’ image as a syncretic deity, embodying both the patroness of motherhood and female attractiveness.

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В статье публикуются и анализируются десять египетских терракотовых статуэток с изображением Исиды греко-римского времени из собрания ГМИИ им. А. С. Пушкина. Они происходят из коллекций В. С. Голенищева, Н. Г. Тер-Микаэляна и О. В. Ковтуновича и по аналогиям из других музеев датируются как раннеэллинистическим временем (IV–III вв. до н.э.), так и позднептолемеевским (I в. до н.э.) и римским периодами (I–III вв. н.э.), свидетельствуя о популярности культа Исиды в греко-римском Египте. Рассматриваемые изображения богини имеют дополнительные атрибуты, присущие женским божествам греческого (Афродиты, Деметры, Селены) и восточного пантеонов. Они позволяют рассматривать особенности восприятия Исиды как синкретического божества, воплотившего в себе собирательный образ покровительницы материнства и женской привлекательности.

KeywordsGraeco-Roman Egypt, Egyptian terracottas, Isis, religious syncretism, ancient Egyptian religion, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
Keywords list (other)греко-римский Египет, египетские терракоты, Исида, синкретизм, древнеегипетская религия, ГМИИ им. А. С. Пушкина
AcknowledgmentThe article was prepared with the support of the grant no.19-18-00369 ‘The Classical Orient: culture, worldview, the tradition of studying in Russia (based on materials from the collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and archival sources)’ of the Russian Science Foundation. This article is a translation of: Васильева О. А., Малых С. Е. Аспекты религиозного синкретизма богини Исиды в греко-римском Египте на примере терракотовой пластики из собрания ГМИИ им. А.С. Пушкина // Journal of Ancient History [Vestnik drevney istorii] 81/1 (2021), 166–197. DOI: 10.31857/S032103910013528-3
Received28.06.2021
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