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Kiosk of Trajan

unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Alternative Title
Pavilion of Trajan
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/117762
Date
14-117
Description
The west elevation, side view; The Pavilion of Trajan (also Kiosk of Trajan) is a rectangular building that has fourteen columns with beautifully carved floral capitals that once supported a wooden roof. Only two of the screen walls between the columns are completed. They show the Emperor Trajan burning incense before Isis and Osiris and offering wine to Isis and Horus. The Kiosk is often ascribed to Trajan, but might well have been built earlier than this, possibly during the reign of Augustus. This unfinished building is one of the most popular monuments of Philae and in ancient times was probably intended to serve as a ceremonial landing stage for the island temple. Source: Tour Egypt; http://www.touregypt.net/ (accessed 1/18/2008)
Type of Work
excavation (site); entrance hall
Subject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Roman Empire, Ptolemaic, Imperial (Roman)
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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