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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 inscriptionSatet'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 SoterPhilae, Temple of Isis, ShrinePhilae, Temple of Isis, Decorated column with Christian crossPhilae, Kiosk of TrajanPhilae, Temple of Isis, Outer courtPhilae, Temple of Isis, Relief with offeringsEdfu, Temple of Horus, King and HorusPhilae, Kiosk of Nectanebo Philae, Temple of Isis, Relief with offerings to Isis 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, Pylon

Location:

  • Egypt, Nag‘ el-Ramla
  • geo:24.085649,32.885574
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Grave or burial field
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=46044

Annotations

The Elephantine Pyramid was build during the third dynasty, probably by Huni (2679 - 2655 BC)

See:

  1. Andrzej Ćwiek: "Date and Function of the so-called Minor Step Pyramids." In: Göttinger Miszellen. Band 162, Göttingen 1998, pp. 39–52.

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

Ancient town of Abu on Elephantine Island.

Khnum Temple on Elephantine Island

Elephantine Island - Aswan.


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