The Man Who Crucified Himself [print & e-book]

Maria Böhmer, Ph.D. (2013), European University Institute Florence, Italy, is postdoctoral research fellow in the history of medicine at the Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME) at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Preface and Acknowledgments

Note from the Series Editor

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors



Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas: An Introduction

 Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides and Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou



Part 1: Cyprus

1 Terracottas in a Domestic Context: The Case of the House of Orpheus in Nea Paphos, Cyprus

 Giorgos Papantoniou, Demetrios Michaelides and Maria Dikomitou-Eliadou



2 Hellenistic Terracottas and Limestone Sculptures in Cypriot Sanctuaries: On the Search for Types and Votive Habits

 Gabriele Koiner and Nicole Reitinger



3 The Terracottas from the Kitian Sanctuary of Artemis Paralia: A Snapshot

 Pauline Maillard



4 Terracotta Figurines of Hellenistic Arsinoe and Environs

 Eustathios Raptou



5 Hellenistic Terracottas: The Evidence from Ancient Arsinoe

 Nancy Serwint



6 About Aphrodite and Eros at Amathous: Terracotta and Sculpture

 Isabelle Tassignon



7 Underneath the Veil: Terracotta Figurines from the Amathous Eastern Necropolis

 Elisavet Stefani



8 Contemplating Issues of Historical Continuity: The Case of the Figurines from Erimi-Bamboula, Cyprus

 Polina Christofi



9 Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas in the Cypriot Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: Contexts, Iconography, Meaning and Mediterranean Connections

 Anja Ulbrich



Part 2: Greece and Asia Minor

10 Theriomorphic Figures in Hellenistic and Roman Arcadia: Nostalgia and Ritual

 Erin Walcek Averett



11 Production of Terracotta Figurines in the Hellenistic Period at the Ancient City of Pherai, Thessaly

 Argyroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou and Polyxeni Arachoviti



12 Some New Insights into the Materials Used for the Decoration of Hellenistic Terracotta Figurines in the Pherai Workshops, Greece

 Eleni Asderaki-Tzoumerkioti, Manos Dionyssiou, Argyroula Doulgeri-Intzesiloglou and Polyxeni Arachoviti



13 A Group of Terracotta Ex-Voto Figurines from Amarynthos, Euboea: A Case Study in Sanctuary Deposition Practices

 Constantina Benissi



14 Greek Terracotta Dolls: Between the Domestic and the Religious Sphere

 Frauke Gutschke



15 Terracotta Veiled Women: A Symbol of Transition from Nymphe to Gyne

 Nathalie Martin



16 The Soft Youth in Boeotian Coroplasty

 Angele Rosenberg-Dimitracopoulou



17 “Visiting Gods” Revisited. Aphrodite Visiting Artemis, or Bride?

 Arthur Muller



18 Aphrodite, Coming of Age and Marriage: Contextualisation and Reconsideration of the Nude Young Women Kneeling in a Shell

 Stéphanie Huysecom-Haxhi



19 Terracottas from Pergamon’s Residential Area: Comments regarding Chronology and Relations to Other Sites

 Sven Kielau



Part 3: Italy

20 Production and Consumption of Terracottas: A Case Study at Metapontion in Southern Italy

 Rebecca Miller Ammerman



21 Coroplastics from the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus in Pompeii: Archaeological Artefacts from a Sacred Place

 Alessandro Russo



22 Clay Togati (Men Wearing a Tunic and Holding a Scroll) from Harbour and River Towns: Some Hypotheses Regarding Their Occurrence and Meaning

 Elena Martelli



Part 4: North Africa

23 Sacred and Funeral Terracotta Figurines in Africa Proconsularis, Numidia and Mauretania Caesariensis between the First and Third Centuries CE

 Solenn de Larminat



24 Female Figurines in Roman Karanis: An Agentive Approach

 Lara Weiss



Part 5: The Levant and Mesopotamia

25 From Alexandria to Tyros: The Egyptian Character of the Hellenistic Figurines from Kharayeb

 Marianna Castiglione



26 Toward a Levantine Koine: Ties between Hellenistic Terracottas from Coele Syria and Cyprus

 Adi Erlich



27 The Case of the Persian Riders at Seleucid Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates: The Survival of Syrian Tradition in a Greek Settlement

 Heather Jackson



28 A Look from the Outside: Mediterranean Influences on the Terracotta Figurines from Seleucia on the Tigris

 Roberta Menegazzi



29 The Plaster Figurines of Khirbet es-Samrā Cemetery in Jordan

 Abdalla Nabulsi



General Index