Mumienporträts und verwandte DenkmäleKlaus Parlasca and the Decorated Funerary Textiles of Pre-Roman Egypt
ISSN: 1667-9202
Year of publication: 2020
Issue: 18
Pages: 261-286
Type: Article
More publications in: Antiguo Oriente: cuadernos del Centro de Estudios de Historia del Antiguo Oriente
Abstract
Klaus Parlasca is one of the researchers who has contributed the most to the advancement of Greco-Roman Egyptian archaeology. One of his most important publications was Mumienporträts und verwandte Denkmäler (1966), focusing on mummy portraits from Roman Egypt. One aspect of that work that has tended to attract less attention is its importance for the study of decorated funerary textiles of Pre-Roman Egypt. This article seeks to assess the book’s relevance within the framework of current studies on the subject