Temple of Kalabsha [New Kalabsha Reconstruction] (Aswan, Egypt) : Hypostyle Hall, the west wall, detail of the north wall
- Creator:
- unknown (Egyptian (ancient)
- Published/Created:
- Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt
ca. 30 BCE-450 CE - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- limestone
stone - Notes:
- The Temple, from Kalabsha, (ancient Talmis), was moved to its present site in 1970. The sandstone edifice was built by the Roman Emperor Octavius Augustus (30 to 14 BCE) and dedicated to the fertility and Nubian Solar deity known as Mandulis (Merwel who was the Nubian counterpart of Horus). It was the largest free-standing temple of Egyptian Nubia and the design of Kalabsha Temple is standard for the Ptolemaic period with pylons, courtyard, hypostyle hall and three room sanctuary. However, the Pylon is offset, which creates a trapezoid in the courtyard beyond. It was built on the site of an earlier structure built by Ptolemy IX as evidenced by a chapel. There is also a small chapel and gate on Elephantine Island from Kalabsha, and a gate built by Augustus was given to the Agyptisches Museum in Berlin. "The inscriptions at Kalabsha show activity into the Bellana period (ca. 360-550 CE). A graffito of the mid-5th century CE in the temple of Kalabsha shows King Silko triumphing over the Blemmyes (a people of the Eastern Desert) and in the act of being given the Meroitic plumed atef-crown by a Roman winged Victory.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Egypt -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Ptolemaic
- Culture:
- Egyptian (ancient)
- Accession Number:
- 1A3-EG-K-2-F2
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
religious buildings: temples (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 buildings; religious buildings; temples; 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:
- 10114348
- PID:
- digcoll:1853026