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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Dendara Temple Complex (Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 2000 BCE-200 CE (inclusive)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US
dc.date-2000-200en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-12T19:30:53Z
dc.date.available2013-04-12T19:30:53Z
dc.date.issued-2000-200en_US
dc.identifier208610en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 969en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/116484
dc.descriptionThe entry; 'Sacred lake' is a term for an artificial body of water within ancient Egyptian temple precincts from the Old Kingdom (ca. 2575-ca. 2150 BCE) to the Roman period (ca. 30 BCE-395 CE). Sacred lakes were usually fed by ground-water, differing in this from other kinds of temple waters such as stone-lined canals (connecting the temple with the Nile), and larger than the square or circular wells. The various types of sacred lakes served a number of cultic purposes: at Dendara it was 'the place of appeasement of the lion-goddess'. 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.subjectanimalsen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectEgypt--Religionen_US
dc.subjectPtolemaicen_US
dc.titleDendara Complex; Sacred Lakeen_US
dc.title.alternativeDendera Complex; Sacred Lakeen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-EG-D-5-A5en_US
vra.culturalContextEgyptian (ancient)en_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypeponden_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US


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