Kiosk of Trajan (Agilqiyya [Philae Reconstruction], Aswan, Egypt) : View looking west just within the entry, showing the First Pylon of Temple of Isis in the distance
- Creator:
- unknown (Egyptian (ancient)
- Published/Created:
- Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt
ca. 14-117 CE - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- limestone
stone - Notes:
- 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.
- Variant Titles:
- Pavilion of Trajan
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Egypt -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Ptolemaic
- Culture:
- Egyptian (ancient)
- Accession Number:
- 1A3-EG-PH-6-B4
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Roman Empire carving ; construction building divisions; rooms and spaces; entrance halls; complexes; sites (locations); archaeological sites; excavations (sites)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module One
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10115051
- PID:
- digcoll:1838123