Temple of Dendur
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The Temple of Dendur is an ancient Egyptian sandstone temple, built by the Roman emperor Augustus around 15 BCE and now prominently displayed in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dendur | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian temple
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archaeological monument ⓘ sandstone temple ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Egyptian ⓘ |
| builderTitle | Roman emperor ⓘ |
| builtBy | Augustus ⓘ |
| constructionMaterial | sandstone ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin |
Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| dedicatedTo |
Horus of Kubban
ⓘ
Isis ⓘ Osiris ⓘ |
| donatedBy |
Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Arab Republic of Egypt
|
| donatedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| donationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| era | Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt ⓘ |
| exhibitedIn |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ⓘ
surface form:
Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
|
| featuresDepictionOf | Augustus making offerings to Egyptian deities ⓘ |
| hasPart |
courtyard
ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ pronaos ⓘ pylon ⓘ relief carvings ⓘ sanctuary ⓘ |
| hasReliefStyle | sunken relief ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Central Park ⓘ |
| inception | circa 15 BCE ⓘ |
| inscriptionLanguage |
Egyptian hieroglyphs
ⓘ
Meroitic ⓘ |
| installationCompleted | 1978 ⓘ |
| installedAt | Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| originalLocation |
Temple of Dendur
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dendur
Lower Nubia ⓘ southern Egypt ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ |
| period | Roman period in Egypt ⓘ |
| reasonForRelocation | threat of flooding from Aswan High Dam reservoir ⓘ |
| significantFor |
example of Roman patronage of Egyptian cults
ⓘ
major Egyptian monument displayed outside Egypt ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
art historical research
ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | reflecting pool ⓘ |
| transportedBy | United States government ⓘ |
| UNESCOCampaignContext | International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dendur