Preview
Creation Year
January 1963
Image ID
E.083
Alternate Identifier
B05.083
Subcollection
E - Lower Egypt, Edfu, and Bodrum
Abstract
The ambulatory surrounding the central structure behind the pronaos in the Temple of Horus.
Description
The walls of this area are filled with inscriptions and relief drawings. "The Building Texts inscribed on the outer girdle-walls provide details of its construction, and also preserve information about the mythical interpretation of this and all other temples as the Island of Creation. There are also important scenes and inscriptions of the Sacred Drama which related the age-old conflict between Horus and Seth" (David, 99).
References
David, Rosalie. Discovering Ancient Egypt. London: Facts On File, 1994.
Image Notes
Creation date unknown. Photograph processed September 1963. Formerly cataloged as B05.083. Notes written on the slide of index: Edfu.
Image Format
35 mm slide
Geographic Reference
Edfu, Egypt
Keywords
Walls, Stone, Masonry, Temple, Egyptian, Egyptian Temple, Ambulatory, Third Century BC, Ptolemaic Period
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