Banca de DEFESA: HANNAH CABRAL DANTAS DE BARROS TEIXEIRA

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STUDENT : HANNAH CABRAL DANTAS DE BARROS TEIXEIRA
DATE: 29/09/2025
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: Meet - Online
TITLE:

LIGHT AND CERAMICS: PRACTICES OF THE CULT OF ISIS IN AUGUSTA EMERITA BETWEEN THE 1ST–3RD CENTURIES CE

KEY WORDS:

religion, communication, material culture, Isis, Augusta Emerita

PAGES: 243
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

Situated within studies dedicated to Roman religion in antiquity, more specifically to the religious practices devoted to the Isiac deities in the Iberian Peninsula, this dissertation aims to present the lived spaces of the cult of Isis and her divine family in the city of Augusta Emerita between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE, through the lens of practices enacted via terracotta oil lamps. To this end, we examine the different uses attributed to these objects by worshippers of the Nilotic gods, defining conceptions and attributes through the analysis of visual culture. We discuss the forms assumed by the cult of Isis, narrating its transformations and continuities within a single urban context and under the Roman Empire. Additionally, we describe the lived spaces of the cult of Isis in the city under study, understanding religion as a form of communication mediated by the objects analyzed, distributed across three main axes: commercial, funerary and, by association, domestic. Methodologically, we constructed a documentary corpus in which the sources were organized into typological tables, allowing the comparison and systematization of data regarding attributes, uses, and recurring practices over the three centuries analyzed. Theoretically, this research is grounded in the works of Jörg Rüpke (2015, 2018, 2022), particularly his approach to religion as communication, and in the notion of lived space, based on Henri Lefebvre’s (2006) concept as interpreted by Rüpke in his book Urban Religion (2022).

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 1543236 - MARCIA SEVERINA VASQUES
Externo à Instituição - MARIA ISABEL D AGOSTINO FLEMING - USP
Interno - 1088824 - RAIMUNDO NONATO ARAUJO DA ROCHA