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Fourthly,theformofsomeofthefaienceartifactsisnotonlyproofofhighartistryandagreatdeal
oforiginality,butalsosuggestsaritualroleassociatedwiththeadjacentearlyandmid-Ptolemaicpublic
bathsinthearea(Myśliwiecforthcoming).Thesewereprobablyconnectedwithasanctuaryfromthe4th
centuryBC,locatedmostprobablyonanearbysiteofalaterchurchandthepresentIslamiccultplace
calledKomSidiYusuf.ScarceremainsoflaterstructureshavealsobeenunearthedneartheKomandone
ofthePtolemaicbathsseemstohavebeensuperimposedonanearlierfaienceproductioncenter.
Lastbutnotleast,theauthor’stypologyoffaienceartifactsfromAthribisdemonstratesarangeof
productsthatevincetheinegralityofthisbranchofartisanalproductioninPtolemaicEgyptwiththe
period’sartistickoine.Abundantstylisticparallelsprovidedbyartifactscraftedofvariousmaterials,such
asclay,glass,metal,stoneandfaience,arethebestproofofthis.
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