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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Kawm Umbu, Upper Egypt, Egypten_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 180 BCE-117 CE (creation)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US
dc.date-180-100en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-17T18:25:33Z
dc.date.available2013-04-17T18:25:33Z
dc.date.issued-180-100en_US
dc.identifier209119en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 987en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/117105
dc.descriptionPortal within the temple, showing reliefs and surmounted by a concave cornice made of uraeus (serpents); Kom Ombo is a site on a promontory of the west bank of the Nile, between Aswan and Edfu. Very little remains of the ancient Egyptian city of Ombos, which in Ptolemaic times (ca. 332-30 BCE) was capital of the 1st nome of Upper Egypt. However, the temple complex, dedicated to the crocodile-god Sebek [Sobek] and the hawk-god Haroeris (an aspect of Horus), is well preserved. The main temple was first constructed in the reign of Ptolemy VI Philometor (reigned 180-145 BCE), but its decoration continued throughout the Ptolemaic era (particularly in the reign of Ptolemy XII Auletes; ca. 80-51 BCE) and the period of Roman rule (Augustus, Tiberius, Domitian and Trajan; ca. 30 BCE-117 CE). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/18/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; painted relief; limestoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectEgypt--Religionen_US
dc.subjectRoman Empireen_US
dc.subjectPtolemaicen_US
dc.subjectImperial (Roman)en_US
dc.titleTemple Complex at Kom Omboen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A3-EG-KO-TC-B5en_US
vra.culturalContextEgyptian (ancient)en_US
vra.techniquecarving (processes) construction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeexcavation (site)en_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
vra.worktypechapel (room or structure)en_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Egyptian (ancient))en_US


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