The object data collected from the excavations at the site of Karanis in the Egyptian Fayum can provide an insightful window into the domestic lives of its ancient inhabitants. Room H in House 409 of the site is rife with examples of the worship of a household god as well as personal grooming. With a blue glaze statue of Aphrodite and a broken stone altar beside bronze mirrors and other cosmetic items, parallels can be drawn between worship and personal presentation as well as the regularity with which supplication was treated, leading to analysis of the effects of daily rituals on an ancient Graeco-Egyptian household. This exhibit contains 15 items discovered in Room H, contextualizing them in relation to each other and detailing the evident and likely purposes of each object.
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Assembled by Christian Bolles