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Surroundings:

Elephantine, Temple of Chmun, exterior from the NileElephantine, Behistun inscriptionElephantine, 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, Relief with TothSatet's nilometer on Elephantine Island, 2005Elephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskElephantine, Unfinished obeliskMonastery of St SimeonKubbet el-Hawa, Rock tombsAswan, Stele of Ptolemy IX SoterGIF showing site then and nowPhilae, Temple of Isis, Relief with offerings to Isis and HorusPhilae, 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 Philae, Temple of Isis, Relief of IsisPhilae, Temple of Isis, ShrinePhilae, Temple of Isis, Decorated column with Christian cross

Location:

  • Egypt, Nag‘ el-Ramla
  • geo:24.08527,32.886444
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

Annotations

The temple of "Lady of the Town," the antelope goddess Satet on Elephantine Island. The earliest sanctuary was built ca 3200 BC and was a  mudbrick building between three tall granite boulders. The most imposing temple was built by Queen Hatshepsut ( r. 1473-1458) and and Tuthmose III (r. 1479–1425 BC).

See:

  1. Margaret Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Infobase Publishing 2014, p. 58

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

Aswan Museum on Elephantine Island

Aswan Museum on Elephantine Island

Khnum Temple on Elephantine Island

Elephantine Island - Aswan.

ELEPHANTINE

Ancient town of Abu on Elephantine Island.


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