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List of Figures

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1 Tell Timai: The Archaeological Context

1.2 Early Excavations at Tell Timai

1.3 The Importance of the Terracotta Assemblage from Tell Timai

1.4 The Recording of the Tell Timai Terracottas during the Excavations

1.5 Layout of Study

Chapter Two: The Terracotta Catalogue and Typological Study

2.1 Documenting the Tell Timai Terracottas

2.2 Previous Finds of Terracottas from Tell Timai not in this Catalogue

2.3 Typological Study and Catalogue of Terracottas, 2009-2013

2.3.1 Harpocrates

2.3.2 Bes

2.3.3 Other Egyptian Male Deities

2.3.4 Phallic Figurines

2.3.5 Theatrical Themes: Male Entertainers and Theatre Masks

2.3.6 Unidentified Male Figurines

2.3.7 Female Deities

2.3.8 Female Heads

2.3.9 Unidentified Female Fragments

2.3.10 Plants and Fruits

2.3.11 Animals

2.3.12 Miscellaneous Objects and Themes

2.3.13 Unidentified Terracotta Fragments

Chapter Three: The Context, Function and Dating of Terracottas in Egypt and Tell Timai

3.1 The Pharaonic Period

3.2 Ptolemaic and Roman Contexts

3.2.1 Domestic Contexts

3.2.2 Temple Contexts

3.2.3 Burial Contexts

3.3 The Provenance and Dating of the Tell Timai Terracottas

3.4 Area P

3.5 Area N

3.6 Area O

3.7 Area R

3.8 Conclusions on the Provenance and Dating of the Terracotta Figurines from Tell Timai

3.9 Function of the Terracottas from Tell Timai

Chapter Four: Terracotta Figurine Production at Tell Timai

4.1 Production at Tell Timai

4.2 Preservation and Pigments

4.3 Clothing, Headdresses, Hairstyles, Facial Features and Nudity

4.4 The Sizes of Terracotta Figurines from Tell Timai

4.5 Moulding Technique

4.6. Additional Elements: Backs, Vents, Lugs, Wick Holes and Bases

The Terracotta Figurines from Tell Timai: 2009-2013

Chapter Five: The Religious Life and Deities of Tell Timai

5.1 The Limitations of the Evidence

5.2 The Deities Found at Tell Timai

Chapter Six: Conclusions

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