| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Agilqiyya [Philae Reconstruction] (Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt) | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Former Site: Philae, Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa, | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 285-246 BCE (creation) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) | en_US |
| dc.date | -285--246 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-23T17:32:27Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-23T17:32:27Z | |
| dc.date.issued | -285--246 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 209688 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 974 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/117713 | |
| dc.description | Inner Court, looking east, showing the east colonnade which lead to five rooms of two storys each (used by the priests); The worship of Isis was probably brought to Philae from the Delta during the 26th Dynasty. By Ptolemaic times the island was the most important place of pilgrimage of the cult of Isis (who, according to the temple myths, brought her husband Osiris back to life, symbolizing the regeneration of the natural cycle). Hundreds of reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions in the Temple of Isis provide details of the theological background, and many Greek, demotic and Meroitic graffiti throw light on the daily happenings at this centre of pilgrimage. The cult of Isis in Philae persisted even after the suppression of pagan cults (ca. 391 CE). The Temple of Isis was largely decorated under Ptolemy II Philadelphos (reigned 285-246 BCE). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 1/18/2008) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | stone; limestone; painted relief | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | deities | en_US |
| dc.subject | Egypt--Religion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ptolemaic | en_US |
| dc.title | Temple of Isis | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A3-EG-PH-4-D6 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Egyptian (ancient) | en_US |
| vra.technique | carving (processes) construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | excavation (site) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | temple | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) | en_US |
