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The village gymnasium at Philoteris/Watfa in the Fayum /

The gymnasium excavated in the ancient village of Philoteris in the Fayum Oasis is the first building of its kind attested in the archaeological record in Egypt. It is thus unique and provides novel and deepr insight into one aspect of the communal life of Egyptian settlers and Hellenised immigrants...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kopp, Peter, 1967- (Author), Römer, Cornelia (Author)
Other Authors: Hartmann, Rita (Egyptologist) (Contributor), Fluck, Cäcilia (Contributor), Ownby, Mary F. (Contributor), Rosenow, Daniela (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2025.
Series:Archäologische Veröffentlichungen (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo) ; 10.
Subjects:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Madīnat Wāṭifah, Kawm.
Gymnasiums > Egypt > Madīnat Wāṭifah, Kawm > Designs and plans.
Madīnat Wāṭifah, Kawm (Egypt) > Antiquities.
Gymnasiums
Philoteris.
Architectural drawings
Table of Contents:
  • General introduction
  • Introduction to the archaeology of the gymnasium
  • The preceding building(s)
  • The entrance gate (R01)
  • The entrance corridor (R02)
  • The loutron (R15)
  • The auditoria (R03 and R14)
  • The central courtyard = the palaestra (R04)
  • The main hall = exedra (R10)
  • The banquet-hall (R09)
  • Other yards and rooms (R05, R07)
  • The racetrack
  • The water conduit from canal I
  • Building techniques and materials
  • Architectural elements now found in situ
  • A Greek inscription dating to the reign of Trajan / Cornelia Römer
  • Lamps / Rita Hartmann
  • Textile remnants / Cäcilia Fluck
  • Various small finds / Cornelia Römer
  • Glass vessel / Daniela Rosenow
  • Hand mill / Peter Kopp
  • The pottery inventory of the gymnasium at Philoteris/Watfa / Rita Hartmann
  • Petrographic analysis of Ptolemaic and early Roman pottery from Philoteris/Watfa / Mary F. Ownby.