Attic Grave Reliefs that Represent Women in the Dress of Isis - Elizabeth J. Walters - Paperback Bog - American School of Classical Studies at Athens

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The author investigates the appearance of a fashion in clothing, involving a knotted mantle worn across the chest, on many Attic stelae of the Roman period. She suggests that this style can be traced to Egyptian roots, and might have been particularly associated with a cult of Isis, popular among wealthy Athenians.