Sexuality in Greek and Roman Religion

Two Unpublished Figurines of Women Purifying themselves in the Greco-Roman Museum of Alexandria

“…3 https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3481. 4 H:17 cm; W:7 cm. 5 http://antiquities.bibalex.org/Collection/Detail.aspx?lang=en&a=1056.…”

“…Another example 4B) Terracotta figurine of woman 4 , from Upper Egypt, Thebes, New Kingdom (1550-1069 BCE), the Antiquities Museum of Bibliotheca Alexandrina, inv. 1056, Flat pottery fertility figurine.…”

“…The Askos pot appeared on a mosaic that came from the Palaces area of Alexandria and is preserved in the Museum of the Library of Alexandria. It dates back to the Hellenistic era and represents a circular medallion with a sitting dog inside it and next to the dog, there is a metal pot inverted on its side 3 , made of gold or plated with gold handles and it is an Askos pot from the shower equipment 4 . Franken mentioned that the Askos pot found in the bath may not only contain oil; it may also contain the water of the bath, as the slaves of the baths were responsible for carrying this pot to pour its water on the hot stones in the steam room 5 chiton with an evident penis.…”

“…See: Ada Nifosi, Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt: Women's Bodies, Society and Domestic Space (London: Routledge, 2019), 203. 4 Nifosi, Becoming a Woman and Mother, 203. 5 P.kru 104; P.bacch 2; P.cair.zen 4; P.ryl 2 127, 154.…”

“…She holds a Kantharos. Perdrizet stated that the head suggests that she is a girl while the way of depicting the breast indicates that she is an old woman 4 . Another terracotta figurine 5 [FIG.…”