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Surroundings:

Elephantine, Relief with TothElephantine, Bowl dedicated to SatisElephantine, 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 IIElephantine, Temple of Chmun, exterior from the NileElephantine, Behistun inscriptionKubbet el-Hawa, Rock tombsSatet's nilometer on Elephantine Island, 2005Elephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskAswan, Stele of Ptolemy IX SoterPhilae, 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 Philae, Temple of Isis, Relief of IsisPhilae, Temple of Isis, ShrinePhilae, Temple of Isis, Decorated column with Christian crossPhilae, Temple of Isis, Outer courtPhilae, Temple of Isis, Outer courtPhilae, Temple of Isis, Relief with offeringsPhilae, Kiosk of Trajan

Location:

  • Egypt, Aswan
  • geo:24.0947,32.875755
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 4xx / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=21507

Annotations

See:

  1. Svetlana Popović:  “The ‘Trapeza’ in Cenobitic Monasteries: Architectural and Spiritual Contexts.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers, vol. 52, 1998, pp. 281–303. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1291786
  2. http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/simeon.htm
  3. Andre Grabar, L'Âge d'or de Justinien, de la mort de Théodose à l'Islam, Paris 1966

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 (1 km)

Old Kingdom stepped pyramid.

ELEPHANTINE (1 km)

Ancient town of Abu on Elephantine Island.

Gharb Aswan, Quarry (1 km)

Gharb Aswan-West Aswan, Upper Egypt


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