Dendara Complex; Sacred Lake (Dendara Temple Complex, Qina, Egypt) : General view

Creator:

unknown (Egyptian (ancient)

Published/Created:

Dendara Temple Complex, Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt
ca. 2000 BCE-200 CE (inclusive)

Date Depicted:

ca. 1990's
8000 BC - 499 AD

Materials:

limestone
stone

Notes:

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'.

Variant Titles:

Dendera Complex; Sacred Lake

Period/Style:

Ptolemaic

Culture:

Egyptian (ancient)

Accession Number:

1A3-EG-D-5-A3

Genre:

archaeological sites (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

animals; deities; Egypt--Religion construction complexes; sites (locations); archaeological sites; excavations (sites); landscapes (environments); natural landscapes; bodies of water; ponds

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:

10113914

PID:

digcoll:1852428