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Surroundings:

Elephantine, 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 inscriptionElephantine, Relief with TothSatet'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, 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 TrajanPhilae, Kiosk of Nectanebo Philae, 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 court

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.

Abu - Elephantine (Geziret Assuan)

Ancient town of Abu on Elephantine Island.


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