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Elephantine, Bowl dedicated to SatisElephantine, Behistun inscriptionElephantine, Temple of Chmun, exterior from the NileElephantine, Letter of Pherendates to priests of Chnum, written in DemoticElephantine, Ostracon with a license for a prostituteElephantine, Temple of Yaho (Jahweh), list of donatorsElephantine, Temple of Yaho (Jahweh), list of donatorsElephantine, Stele of Amenhotep IISatet's nilometer on Elephantine Island, 2005Aswan, Stele of Ptolemy IX SoterElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskMonastery of St SimeonKubbet el-Hawa, Rock tombsPhilae, Temple of Isis, Lotus capitalPhilae, Temple of Isis, Inner facadePhilae, Temple of Isis, French inscriptionPhilae, Temple of Isis, Relief with offerings to Isis and HorusGIF showing site then and nowPhilae, Temple of Isis, Inner courtPhilae, Temple of Isis, exteriorPhilae, Coptic churchPhilae, Temple of Isis, Decoration with offerings to the godsPhilae, Temple of Isis, exteriorPhilae, Temple of Isis, Row of columnsPhilae, Temple of Isis, Hathor capitalPhilae, Temple of Isis, exteriorPhilae, Kiosk of Nectanebo

Location:

  • Egypt, Nag‘ el-Ramla
  • geo:24.08589,32.885868
  • Location ± 5-25 m.

Period or year:

  • -3xxx / unknown

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

The earliest traces of the settlement known Abu on Elephantine Island dates to the middle of the fourth millennium BC.


Relevant museums

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Antikensammlung und Münzkabinett

Berlin, Neues Museum

Berlin, Neues Museum

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art


Nearby

Elephantine Pyramid

Old Kingdom stepped pyramid.

Satet's Temple on Elephantine Island

Temple of Satet [Satis]

Aswan Museum on Elephantine Island

Aswan Museum on Elephantine Island


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