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Templo de Dendur

Roman Period

Baja Nubia, Dendur

ca. 15 a. C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 131

El templo de Dendur fue un regalo de Egipto a los Estados Unidos en reconocimiento por la ayuda prestada para salvar los monumentos de Nubia. Si no hubiera sido desmontado, este templo habría quedado sumergido por las aguas del Nilo al construirse la presa de Asuán. Aunque es de pequeño tamaño en comparación con los templos que todavía permanecen en Egipto, Dendur posee todos los componentes esenciales de un templo: una puerta, un pórtico (pronaos), una cámara para las ofrendas y un santuario. Las columnas están rematadas por capiteles vegetales, y los relieves en las paredes muestran al faraón haciendo ofrendas a los dioses.

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The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

The Temple of Dendur, Aeolian sandstone

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Vignette on the interior south wall of the porch showing August (left) burning incense in front of the deified figures of Pedesi and Pihor.

Vignette on the back wall of the sanctuary showing Augustus offering to the goddess Isis.

temple building from front, evening

The Temple of Dendur as seen in the evening between two statues of Amenhotep III (22.5.1, 22.5.2).

View looking into the temple sanctuary with the small statue of the God's Wife Tagerem (2010.18) visible in the center.

Decoration around the outside of the southern door leading into the temple porch.

Two vignettes depicting offering scenes on the southern wall of the temple.

Coloring the Temple: This display shows one vignette on the south wall of the temple colored by light to suggest how it might have looked when painted in the Roman Period.

Vigentte on the south wall of the temple showing the king offering to Osiris and Isis.

Vignette showing Augustus (right) offering to the god Thoth and the goddess Tephenis.

Demotic graffito on north wall of porch.

19th Century graffiti including J. Livingston, January 7, 1818.

19th Century graffiti.

19th Century graffiti, including Droveti, 1816.

Construction of the Dendur Wing, 1974.

Blocks laid out in preparation for reconstruction of the temple, 1974.

Reassembled temple before completion of the Dendur Wing, 1978.

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Frederick Lewis Norden, Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie (London, 1757), plate CLI (151).

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Franz Christian Gau, Antiquités de la Nubie (Stuttgart, 1822), plate 24.

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Franz Christian Gau, "Dendur, interior view of the porch," in Antiquités de la Nubie (Stuttgart, 1822), plate 25b.

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David Roberts, Egypt & Nubia, vol. 2 (London: F.G. Moon, 1846–49), plate 20.

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Amelia B. Edwards, A Thousand Miles up the Nile (New York, 1877), 548.

Título: Templo de Dendur

Periodo: Periodo romano

Fecha: ca. 15 a. C.

Geografía: Baja Nubia, Dendur

Material: Piedra arenisca eólica

Dimensiones: l. 25 m desde la puerta hasta la parte posterior del templo

Crédito: Donado a los Estados Unidos por Egipto en 1965, concedido al Metropolitan Museum of Art en 1967, e instalado en el ala Sackler en 1978

Número de inventario: 68.154

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The Temple of Dendur, Roman Period, reign of Augustus Caesar, ca. 15 B.C. Egypt, Nubia, Dendur, west bank of the Nile River, 50 miles south of Aswan. Aeolian Sandstone; L. from gate to rear of temple 24 m 60 cm (82 ft.). Given to the United States by Egypt in 1965, awarded to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1967, and installed in The Sackler Wing in 1978 (68.154)

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