Proceedings of the XVI Conference of Egyptology and Papyrology, Siracusa 29 september-2 october 2016, 2018
The economic role of temples in Graeco-Roman Egypt has been stressed on various occasions. In fac... more The economic role of temples in Graeco-Roman Egypt has been stressed on various occasions. In fact, they constituted key points of the local administrative system and did not only cover religious functions. The main sanctuaries consisted in the temple building, home of the god, which contained his living effigy, and a series of connected paraphernalia. From an archaeological point of view, production facilities and warehouses inside the temples are often poorly visible, because they were mainly built of mudbricks, and therefore are more exposed to post-depositional processes. In this context, the possibility of locating the workshops unearthed by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Egypt at the site of Tebtynis (years 1930-1936), thanks to the study of an extraordinary archival documentation preserved both in Italy and Canada, offers the chance to obtain a preliminary topographic and typological overview of the annexes of the temples during the Graeco-Roman period. The following paper aims to investigate, by way of example, that «laboratorio di smalti colorati tolemaici» (workshop of colored Ptolemaic enamels) which is described by Carlo Anti as the source of some of the most relevant «oggetti d’arte» (art objects) discovered during his excavations in Tebtynis.
This article presents three case studies from an ongoing research project on the statues and scul... more This article presents three case studies from an ongoing research project on the statues and sculptural fragments from Tebtynis, discovered by Carlo Anti in the years 1930-1936 in the temple dedicated to the god Soknebtynis. Specifically, it examines the following three statues: Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum inv. no. 22979, Turin, Museo Egizio S. 18176, and a non-royal statue which one of the authors has recently identified as Turin, Museo Egizio S. 19400+S. 19400/1. The authors combine stylistic analysis with a study of relevant archival records currently kept in Padua and Venice, Italy, to shed light on these sculptures and retrace their post-excavation history.
Dalla catalogazione alla promozione dei beni archeologici. I progetti europei come occasione di valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale veneto, 2014
The National Archeological Museum in Venice preserves numerous Roman sculpture portraits that may... more The National Archeological Museum in Venice preserves numerous Roman sculpture portraits that may be dated back to the first and second century AD. While in the process of being filed as part of the SHARED CULTURE project, these works have already provided numerous research hints regarding that ancient society and its art; this despite having been the The works were then dated by means of tables, which helped to deepen our stylistic analysis regarding the choices of the artists compared to those of their clients. Finally, we discussed the attribution of the sculpture of the boy, a member of the gens augusta, the most likely hypothesis being that it is a portrait of Nero Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina I.
in Dalla catalogazione alla promozione dei beni archeologici. I progetti europei come occasione di valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale veneto, 2014
This article considers some Hellenistic and Roman sculptures related to the cult of Isis, the anc... more This article considers some Hellenistic and Roman sculptures related to the cult of Isis, the ancient Egyptian goddess who under the Ptolemies became a deity bringing universal salvation Isis was venerated through a mystery religion that, starting from the great port of Alexandria, became widespread in the Mediterranean, coming to affect even the Venetian lagoon by way of Rome. Through the comparison of local archaeological finds to the works from Venetian collections and the iconographic/stylistic analysis of images of the cult’s priestesses and adherents, we were able to provide new data toward reconstructing Isis’ presence in this area, and how the local population responded to it.
In 1931 at Tebtunis in the Fayyum oasis, Carlo Anti and Gilbert Bagnani discovered one of the lar... more In 1931 at Tebtunis in the Fayyum oasis, Carlo Anti and Gilbert Bagnani discovered one of the largest deposit of Egyptian literary papyri ever made and moreover it originally derived from the library of the temple itself. The precise location of this deposit, however, has never been clear, because there was not the possibility to see and study the whole archive, collected by Anti, made by photographic materials and written documents. On the contrary, now Carlo Anti's archive has recently been reordered at the Istituto Veneto and in the Museum of Archaeological Sciences and Arts (University of Padua). This research has brought new light to the problem and this paper enables to identify the precise location of the discovery.
The University of Padua has worked on various projects dedicated to the study of the ancient Lybi... more The University of Padua has worked on various projects dedicated to the study of the ancient Lybia. The first steps were related to the Greek and Roman site of Cyrene, where an Italian team worked in the first half of the Twentieth Century: these missions included Carlo Anti, born in Verona in 1889, professor of Archaeology and then Rector in Padua. He also attended to some thesis, such as the one written by Elena di Filippo Balestrazzi, dedicated to the study and the reconstruction for public fruition of Pratomedes’ monument in Cyrene. She was indeed one of his students, then professor of Archaeology in his University. Today the researches are focused on Tripoli and its museum, on history of archaeology in Lybia, expecially related to Carlo Anti’s activities and on the study of the Lybian evidences and materials, preserved in some museums of the Veneto in Italy.
Among two others relations, one is concerning amulets and scarabs at the Museo di Storia Naturale... more Among two others relations, one is concerning amulets and scarabs at the Museo di Storia Naturale of Venezia, that they belong to the collection of Giovanni Miani (1810 – 1872)
Proceedings of the XVI Conference of Egyptology and Papyrology, Siracusa 29 september-2 october 2016, 2018
The economic role of temples in Graeco-Roman Egypt has been stressed on various occasions. In fac... more The economic role of temples in Graeco-Roman Egypt has been stressed on various occasions. In fact, they constituted key points of the local administrative system and did not only cover religious functions. The main sanctuaries consisted in the temple building, home of the god, which contained his living effigy, and a series of connected paraphernalia. From an archaeological point of view, production facilities and warehouses inside the temples are often poorly visible, because they were mainly built of mudbricks, and therefore are more exposed to post-depositional processes. In this context, the possibility of locating the workshops unearthed by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Egypt at the site of Tebtynis (years 1930-1936), thanks to the study of an extraordinary archival documentation preserved both in Italy and Canada, offers the chance to obtain a preliminary topographic and typological overview of the annexes of the temples during the Graeco-Roman period. The following paper aims to investigate, by way of example, that «laboratorio di smalti colorati tolemaici» (workshop of colored Ptolemaic enamels) which is described by Carlo Anti as the source of some of the most relevant «oggetti d’arte» (art objects) discovered during his excavations in Tebtynis.
This article presents three case studies from an ongoing research project on the statues and scul... more This article presents three case studies from an ongoing research project on the statues and sculptural fragments from Tebtynis, discovered by Carlo Anti in the years 1930-1936 in the temple dedicated to the god Soknebtynis. Specifically, it examines the following three statues: Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum inv. no. 22979, Turin, Museo Egizio S. 18176, and a non-royal statue which one of the authors has recently identified as Turin, Museo Egizio S. 19400+S. 19400/1. The authors combine stylistic analysis with a study of relevant archival records currently kept in Padua and Venice, Italy, to shed light on these sculptures and retrace their post-excavation history.
Dalla catalogazione alla promozione dei beni archeologici. I progetti europei come occasione di valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale veneto, 2014
The National Archeological Museum in Venice preserves numerous Roman sculpture portraits that may... more The National Archeological Museum in Venice preserves numerous Roman sculpture portraits that may be dated back to the first and second century AD. While in the process of being filed as part of the SHARED CULTURE project, these works have already provided numerous research hints regarding that ancient society and its art; this despite having been the The works were then dated by means of tables, which helped to deepen our stylistic analysis regarding the choices of the artists compared to those of their clients. Finally, we discussed the attribution of the sculpture of the boy, a member of the gens augusta, the most likely hypothesis being that it is a portrait of Nero Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina I.
in Dalla catalogazione alla promozione dei beni archeologici. I progetti europei come occasione di valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale veneto, 2014
This article considers some Hellenistic and Roman sculptures related to the cult of Isis, the anc... more This article considers some Hellenistic and Roman sculptures related to the cult of Isis, the ancient Egyptian goddess who under the Ptolemies became a deity bringing universal salvation Isis was venerated through a mystery religion that, starting from the great port of Alexandria, became widespread in the Mediterranean, coming to affect even the Venetian lagoon by way of Rome. Through the comparison of local archaeological finds to the works from Venetian collections and the iconographic/stylistic analysis of images of the cult’s priestesses and adherents, we were able to provide new data toward reconstructing Isis’ presence in this area, and how the local population responded to it.
In 1931 at Tebtunis in the Fayyum oasis, Carlo Anti and Gilbert Bagnani discovered one of the lar... more In 1931 at Tebtunis in the Fayyum oasis, Carlo Anti and Gilbert Bagnani discovered one of the largest deposit of Egyptian literary papyri ever made and moreover it originally derived from the library of the temple itself. The precise location of this deposit, however, has never been clear, because there was not the possibility to see and study the whole archive, collected by Anti, made by photographic materials and written documents. On the contrary, now Carlo Anti's archive has recently been reordered at the Istituto Veneto and in the Museum of Archaeological Sciences and Arts (University of Padua). This research has brought new light to the problem and this paper enables to identify the precise location of the discovery.
The University of Padua has worked on various projects dedicated to the study of the ancient Lybi... more The University of Padua has worked on various projects dedicated to the study of the ancient Lybia. The first steps were related to the Greek and Roman site of Cyrene, where an Italian team worked in the first half of the Twentieth Century: these missions included Carlo Anti, born in Verona in 1889, professor of Archaeology and then Rector in Padua. He also attended to some thesis, such as the one written by Elena di Filippo Balestrazzi, dedicated to the study and the reconstruction for public fruition of Pratomedes’ monument in Cyrene. She was indeed one of his students, then professor of Archaeology in his University. Today the researches are focused on Tripoli and its museum, on history of archaeology in Lybia, expecially related to Carlo Anti’s activities and on the study of the Lybian evidences and materials, preserved in some museums of the Veneto in Italy.
Among two others relations, one is concerning amulets and scarabs at the Museo di Storia Naturale... more Among two others relations, one is concerning amulets and scarabs at the Museo di Storia Naturale of Venezia, that they belong to the collection of Giovanni Miani (1810 – 1872)
The focus of the project is to create new
approaches to the study of the past through the use of
... more The focus of the project is to create new approaches to the study of the past through the use of innovative aero-space technologies to measure, analyse and reconstruct the ancient landscape and its remaining natural and anthropic traces. The équipe, based at the University of Padua, is constituted by archaeologists, egyptologists, mechanical and software engineers, physicists and computer scientists and is now active on the proto-historic site of Rotzo, in Italy. The research includes the analysis of the historical records, such as old maps and historic aerial photographs, use of drones and the creation of a GIS platform for comprehensive data management.
Proceedings of the 12th International Conference in Sound and Music Computing, SMC 2015, 2015
This paper presents the early developments of a recently started research project, aimed at study... more This paper presents the early developments of a recently started research project, aimed at studying from a multidisciplinary perspective an exceptionally well preserved ancient pan flute. A brief discussion of the history and iconography of pan flutes is provided, with a focus on Classical Greece. Then a set of non-invasive analyses are presented , which are based on 3D scanning and materials chemistry , and are the starting point to inspect the geometry, construction, age and geographical origin of the instrument. Based on the available measurements, a preliminary analysis of the instrument tuning is provided, which is also informed with elements of theory of ancient Greek music. Finally, the paper presents current work aimed at realizing an interactive museum installation that recreates a virtual flute and allows intuitive access to all these research facets.
Despite the key role of the Ptolemaic period in the history of glass technology, very little is k... more Despite the key role of the Ptolemaic period in the history of glass technology, very little is known on the workshop activities and on the organization of the production. This is mainly due to the limits of the documentation currently available, consisting of very few archaeological contexts often poorly preserved. This contribution presents a first overview of the material and archival record related to the 1931 excavations in the Ptolemaic inlay workshop of Tebtynis (Fayum oasis, Egypt). Unlike other coeval sites, the data from Tebtynis revealed a complete set of evidence related to the stratigraphy and the topography of the craft area, to the shape and size of the kiln, to the furniture, the tools, the raw materials, and the finished products discovered. The interpretation of the data provides the opportunity to propose new hypotheses on the function of the spaces and the tools, but also on the chronology of the workshop, contributing to shedding light on the technological and empirical knowledge of the ancient Egyptian glassmakers in a crucial moment of glass history.
Progetto Horus. Visioni dall’Alto dello Spazio Archeologico, 2017
Il libro presenta le attività del progetto “Horus. Visioni dall’alto dello spazio archeologico”, ... more Il libro presenta le attività del progetto “Horus. Visioni dall’alto dello spazio archeologico”, nato da una collaborazione tra archeologi, ingegneri aerospaziali, fisici e informatici dell’Università degli Studi di Padova. La ricerca, finanziata dall’Ateneo come “progetto innovativo degli studenti” nel 2015, si è dedicata allo studio di due diversi siti archeologici, Rotzo (VI, Italia) e Tebtynis (Egitto), indagati da tempo ma considerati ora, grazie all’opera di studenti, tecnici, ricercatori e professori dell’Università, in una nuova prospettiva che ha unito le tecnologie all’avanguardia della disciplina aerospaziale allo studio del territorio, dei documenti d’archivio e dei reperti propri dell’archeologia.
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from Tebtynis, discovered by Carlo Anti in the years 1930-1936 in the temple dedicated to the god Soknebtynis.
Specifically, it examines the following three statues: Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum inv. no.
22979, Turin, Museo Egizio S. 18176, and a non-royal statue which one of the authors has recently identified
as Turin, Museo Egizio S. 19400+S. 19400/1. The authors combine stylistic analysis with a study of relevant
archival records currently kept in Padua and Venice, Italy, to shed light on these sculptures and retrace their
post-excavation history.
second century AD.
While in the process of being filed as part of the SHARED CULTURE project, these works have already provided numerous research hints
regarding that ancient society and its art; this despite having been the The works were then dated by means of tables, which helped to deepen our stylistic analysis regarding the choices of the artists compared
to those of their clients.
Finally, we discussed the attribution of the sculpture of the boy, a member of the gens augusta, the most likely hypothesis being that it is a
portrait of Nero Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina I.
Through the comparison of local archaeological finds to the works from Venetian collections and the iconographic/stylistic analysis of images of the cult’s priestesses and adherents, we were able to provide new data toward reconstructing Isis’ presence in this area, and how the local population responded to it.
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from Tebtynis, discovered by Carlo Anti in the years 1930-1936 in the temple dedicated to the god Soknebtynis.
Specifically, it examines the following three statues: Alexandria, Graeco-Roman Museum inv. no.
22979, Turin, Museo Egizio S. 18176, and a non-royal statue which one of the authors has recently identified
as Turin, Museo Egizio S. 19400+S. 19400/1. The authors combine stylistic analysis with a study of relevant
archival records currently kept in Padua and Venice, Italy, to shed light on these sculptures and retrace their
post-excavation history.
second century AD.
While in the process of being filed as part of the SHARED CULTURE project, these works have already provided numerous research hints
regarding that ancient society and its art; this despite having been the The works were then dated by means of tables, which helped to deepen our stylistic analysis regarding the choices of the artists compared
to those of their clients.
Finally, we discussed the attribution of the sculpture of the boy, a member of the gens augusta, the most likely hypothesis being that it is a
portrait of Nero Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina I.
Through the comparison of local archaeological finds to the works from Venetian collections and the iconographic/stylistic analysis of images of the cult’s priestesses and adherents, we were able to provide new data toward reconstructing Isis’ presence in this area, and how the local population responded to it.
approaches to the study of the past through the use of
innovative aero-space technologies to measure, analyse
and reconstruct the ancient landscape and its remaining
natural and anthropic traces.
The équipe, based at the University of Padua, is constituted
by archaeologists, egyptologists, mechanical and software
engineers, physicists and computer scientists and is now
active on the proto-historic site of Rotzo, in Italy.
The research includes the analysis of the historical records,
such as old maps and historic aerial photographs, use of
drones and the creation of a GIS platform for comprehensive data management.