Vici.org

Surroundings:

Elephantine, Relief with TothElephantine, Bowl dedicated to SatisElephantine, 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 inscriptionElephantine, Letter of Pherendates to priests of Chnum, written in DemoticKubbet el-Hawa, Rock tombsSatet's nilometer on Elephantine Island, 2005Elephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskAswan, Stele of Ptolemy IX SoterPhilae, Temple of Isis, Relief with offerings to Isis and HorusEdfu, Temple of Horus, King and HorusPhilae, Temple of Isis, Offering to Isis (Cartouche of Nectanebo I)Philae, Temple of Isis, Relief with three godsPhilae, Temple of Isis, Outer courtPhilae, Temple of Isis, Offering to Isis (Cartouche of Nectanebo I)Philae, Temple of Isis, PylonPhilae, Temple of Isis, EntrancePhilae, Temple of Isis, Lotusleaves shaped capitalPhilae, 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 now

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


This object was added by Elżbieta on 2015-07-25. Last update by Elżbieta on 2021-03-18. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/21507 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
Annotation available using the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. Metadata available using the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication, unless it is explicitly stated otherwise.

Vici.org partners:

Livius.org: articles on ancient history   Rijksmuseum van Oudheden