coins, 26–28, 33–34, 41, 52, 140, 149, 153

coin offerings, 28

colour, 171, 175, 178–179, 181, 186–194, 201–206, 211, 213, 221, 230, 233, 238–244, 248, 251–252, 254–255

Comes, 21, 83

Constans I, 18, 22

Constantius II, 18, 22, 33

Constantinople, 18, 22, 58, 257

Coptic, 22, 27

Coptos, 18

Cornelius Gallus, 16

crowns, 7, 42, 44–46, 58, 130, 141, 152, 163, 165, 184, 200, 228, 236, 238, 249, 254–255

decoration design, 13, 26, 46, 103, 107–108, 112, 136–137, 142–143, 149, 152, 164–165, 172–173, 181–182, 187, 195–196, 199–213, 238–243, 248, 250–252, 256–258

decoration method, 13, 181, 187, 195–199, 201, 209–211, 213, 238, 251–252

Diocletian, 18, 20

Dodecaschoinos, 28, 34–35, 49

Edwards, David N., 8, 30, 131, 224, 245

El-Batrawi, Ahmed, 5, 7, 70–72, 123–125, 128, 217, 230–231

El-Kurru, 33, 40, 222, 256

embodiment, 13, 79–80, 93–99, 108–109, 138–140, 143, 187, 195, 213, 224, 229–234, 237–238, 243, 250, 259

Emery, Walter B., 1–2, 4–11, 39, 49, 116, 128, 166, 223

ethnicity, 7–8, 33, 56–60, 89, 97, 100–103, 107, 172–173, 232, 250, 252–254, 259–260

ethnographic analogy, 62–63, 73, 76, 87, 92–94, 102–103, 138, 140, 149, 153–155, 157–159, 169–172, 177–178

Ethiopians, 18, 21, 23

Eusebius, 18

exchange, 16, 79–80, 83, 94, 102, 149, 156–158, 219, 242, 247

experience, 50, 66–67, 76, 80, 84–86, 97–100, 108–109, 138–140, 143, 181, 183, 186–189, 213, 233–235, 238–239, 244, 248–250

Faras, 21, 25, 33, 226, 246

Farid, Shafik, 6–7, 10–11, 31, 49, 116, 166

feasting, 26–27, 164, 222–227

feminism, 89–91, 95, 106, 111

Firka, 29–30, 34–35, 42, 49, 258

food, 23–25, 70, 83, 92, 130, 161, 164, 170, 173, 178–179, 217, 222–226, 237, 241–242, 247–249, 260

Gaius Petronius, 16–17

Gammai, 26, 30–31, 34–36, 40, 49, 131, 258

Gebel Adda, 26–29, 31, 34, 40–41, 131, 226, 246

gender, 63–65, 74–75, 77, 89–93, 96–97, 99–103, 106, 126, 171, 177, 226, 231, 247

Greek, 21, 23–24, 27, 86