Reproducing a foreign dress : A short evaluation of the Archaic Cypro-Egyptian kilt
Faegersten, Fanni LU
(2016)
2nd International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
1.
p.305-319
- Abstract
- In the sanctuaries of 6th century Cyprus, a limited group of votive figures carry Egyptian-style dress, head gear, jewellery, and ornaments. This collection of lime-stone and bronze votaries is merely one category of several, within the island's material, which testify to Egyptian(-izing) preferences. The relation to similar material from the sanctuaries on the Phoenician coast remains to be established. In an area fraught with difficulties, the following is proposed as one of several possible methods of analysis: through detailed comparison with the original Egyptian dress, the Cypriote transformations witnessed in, particular, the male kilt are identified and better understood. Once recognised, these particular deviations can be used as... (More)
- In the sanctuaries of 6th century Cyprus, a limited group of votive figures carry Egyptian-style dress, head gear, jewellery, and ornaments. This collection of lime-stone and bronze votaries is merely one category of several, within the island's material, which testify to Egyptian(-izing) preferences. The relation to similar material from the sanctuaries on the Phoenician coast remains to be established. In an area fraught with difficulties, the following is proposed as one of several possible methods of analysis: through detailed comparison with the original Egyptian dress, the Cypriote transformations witnessed in, particular, the male kilt are identified and better understood. Once recognised, these particular deviations can be used as tools not only in the internal analysis of the group, but also in an external comparison with related material found outside of the island. In the first case, changes taking place in the renderings of certain dress details help establish relationships between individual figures within the Cypro-Egyptian tradition. Secondly, the characteristic -- and erroneous-- renderings of the figures' dress can be likened to "fingerprints", possible to match against related material found at Phoenician sanctuary sties. The broad aim is, of course, to gain further knowledge regarding from where the Egyptianizing influence reached Cyprus, by which ways, and why it was taken up in the local 6th century workshops at such a scale. (Less)
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