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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Dendara Temple Complex (Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 117 CE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US
dc.date100-117en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-12T19:30:25Z
dc.date.available2013-04-12T19:30:25Z
dc.date.issued100-117en_US
dc.identifier208592en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 967en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/116466
dc.descriptionThe east face, north side, showing detail of reliefs over the portal; The oldest building [the Old Birth House] in the main temple complex, and the oldest such structure still standing, is the mammisi (birth house) of Nectanebo I (reigned 380-362 BCE). Redecorated early in the Ptolemaic period (304-30 BCE), it was replaced by a larger birth house decorated in the early 2nd century CE under Trajan and Hadrian. [This building]. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/19/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; limestone; painted raised reliefen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectEgypt--Religionen_US
dc.subjectRoman Empireen_US
dc.subjectPtolemaicen_US
dc.subjectGreco-Romanen_US
dc.titleDendara Complex; Roman Mammisien_US
dc.title.alternativeDendera Complex; Roman Birth Houseen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-EG-D-3-D5en_US
vra.culturalContextEgyptian (ancient)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) carving (processes)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypechapel (room or structure)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US


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