Ptolemaic Oinochoai and Portraits in Faience: Aspects of the Ruler Cult

by Dorothy B. Thompson

Examines the origin, religious significance and artistic development of the faience oinochoai, a unique third century libation vessel used in the ruler cult of Ptolemaic Egypt.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198132115
• ISBN13: 9780198132110
• Release Date: March 1973
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.