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Geometric painting in late-antique Egypt: the ceiling of a 4th-c. church at Amheida (Dakhla Oasis)
Journal of Roman Archaeology Pub Date : 2020-10-05 , DOI: 10.1017/s1047759420001117
Nicola Aravecchia

As part of an investigation of the use of geometric painting on ceilings in late-antique Egypt, this article will focus on the evidence found in a 4th-c. A.D. church at the polis of Trimithis (Amheida), located in the Dakhla Oasis of Egypt‘s Western Desert. Excavation in 2012-13 as part of a project directed by R. S. Bagnall highlighted the church‘s rôle for both cult and burials. Thousands of fragments of painted plaster, part of the church‘s collapsed flat ceiling, revealed a wide array of interlocked geometrical shapes in vivid colors, creating a visually dramatic contrast with the church‘s seemingly white walls. The polychrome decoration was probably meant to replicate the effect of a coffered ceiling. Similar geometric schemes are found elsewhere in the Western Desert in both domestic and funerary contexts, and there is evidence of other Egyptian Early Christian churches that had flat ceilings, but a flat roof with painted geometric decoration in the context of an Early Christian church is thus far unattested elsewhere in Egypt. This article will highlight the popularity and longevity of this decorative style in Egypt throughout the Roman period and well into late antiquity and will point to similarities between this type of ceiling decoration and Alexandrian models of the Ptolemaic period, as well as mosaic designs found throughout Mediterranean lands.

中文翻译:

晚期古埃及的几何绘画:4世纪的天花板。阿姆海达教堂(达赫拉绿洲)

作为对在晚期古埃及天花板上使用几何绘画进行调查的一部分,本文将重点关注在 4-c 中发现的证据。公元教堂城邦特里米蒂斯(Amheida),位于埃及西部沙漠的达赫拉绿洲。作为 RS Bagnall 指导的项目的一部分,2012-13 年的挖掘突出了教堂在祭祀和墓葬方面的作用。数以千计的粉刷灰泥碎片,作为教堂倒塌的平顶的一部分,展现出各种色彩鲜艳的互锁几何形状,与教堂看似白色的墙壁形成视觉上的强烈对比。彩色装饰可能是为了复制格子天花板的效果。在西部沙漠的其他地方,无论是家庭还是葬礼,都可以找到类似的几何方案,并且有证据表明其他埃及早期基督教教堂的天花板是平的,但是在早期基督教教堂的背景下,一个带有彩绘几何装饰的平屋顶是远未在埃及其他地方得到证实。
更新日期:2020-10-05
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