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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Dendara Temple Complex (Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal80 BCE - 34 CE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US
dc.date-80-34en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-12T19:28:50Z
dc.date.available2013-04-12T19:28:50Z
dc.date.issued-80-34en_US
dc.identifier208522en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 965en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/116396
dc.descriptionView of the enclosure wall, showing a portal; Dendara is an Egyptian site on the west bank of the Nile about 65 km north of Luxor. It was an important provincial centre throughout Egyptian history; its chief artistic monuments are successive temples of the goddess Hathor from the 6th Dynasty (ca. 2325-ca. 2150 BCE) to the 2nd century CE. The Greco-Roman Temple of Hathor is the grandest and most richly decorated of its period. The earliest dated inscriptions refer to Ptolemy XII (reigned 80-58 BCE; 55-51 BCE); its outer hypostyle hall was dedicated in November 34 CE. It was built of sandstone on the conventional Egyptian plan, but only the inner apartments were completed. These comprise the outer hypostyle hall with twenty-four columns, an inner hypostyle hall with six columns, two vestibules and the usual suite of service rooms and cult chambers surrounding a free-standing sanctuary. A remarkable feature is the use of the emblem of Hathor, the Hathor head, which also forms part of the naos-shaped sistrum, a musical instrument used in her worship. The capitals of the outer hypostyle hall are in the form of naos sistra, their four Hathor heads facing the cardinal points, and the head motif also occurs in the friezes above the main entrance, throughout the temple interior and on the exterior rear wall. This last, colossal head was gilded and covered by a canopy, which embodied the sun's presence on earth. The same associations are present in a delicate kiosk in the south-west corner of the roof, where the union of Hathor with the solar disc was celebrated. This solar emphasis contrasts with the temple's actual north-south orientation, which was determined by the direction of the Nile nearby; despite the gloom within, it focuses on sun and light. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/19/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; limestoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectrecreation and gamesen_US
dc.subjectfestivalsen_US
dc.subjectEgypt--Religionen_US
dc.subjectHathor (Egyptian deity)en_US
dc.subjectRoman Empireen_US
dc.subjectGreek Empireen_US
dc.subjectPtolemaicen_US
dc.subjectGreco-Romanen_US
dc.titleDendara Complex; Temple of Hathoren_US
dc.title.alternativeDendera Complex; Temple of Hathoren_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-EG-D-1-C11en_US
vra.culturalContextEgyptian (ancient)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US


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