Dendara Complex; Roman Mammisi (Dendara Temple Complex, Qina, Egypt) : The north colonnade, detail, showing column capital
- Creator:
- unknown (Egyptian (ancient)
- Published/Created:
- Dendara Temple Complex, Qina, Upper Egypt, Egypt
ca. 117 CE - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- limestone
painted raised relief
stone - Notes:
- The oldest building [the Old Birth House] in the main temple complex, and the oldest such structure still standing, is the mammisi (birth house) of Nectanebo I (reigned 380-362 BCE). Redecorated early in the Ptolemaic period (304-30 BCE), it was replaced
- Variant Titles:
- Dendera Complex; Roman Birth House
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Egypt -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Greco-Roman
Ptolemaic - Culture:
- Egyptian (ancient)
- Accession Number:
- 1A3-EG-D-3-B1
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
religious buildings: temples (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:
- architectural exteriors; deities; rulers and leaders; Egypt--Religion; Roman Empire carving ; construction building divisions; rooms and spaces; religious building spaces; chapels (rooms or structures); complexes; sites (locations); archaeological 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:
- 10113878
- PID:
- digcoll:2340059