Graeco-Roman terracottas from Egypt

Egypts Graeco-Roman period, which covers the centuries around the birth of Christ, saw the cheap mass-production of a large number of terracotta figures, which were the property of ordinary people. The figures comprehensive range of motifs provides, first and foremost, an insight into the popular belief among Egypts ethnically-mixed population, which, in addition to Egyptians also numbered Greeks, and later still, Romans. In these terracottas it is possible to follow a new and distinctive style which evolved from a blend of Greek and Egyptian iconography.