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Temple de Dendour

Roman Period

Basse Nubie, Dendour

v. 15 av. J.-C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 131

Le temple de Dendour a été offert aux États-Unis par l’Égypte en reconnaissance de leur contribution à la sauvegarde des monuments de Nubie. S’il n’avait pas été démonté, le temple serait sous les eaux du Nil, derrière le grand barrage d’Assouan. Bien qu’il soit petit en comparaison de ses homologues en Égypte, Dendour possède tous les éléments essentiels d’un temple : un portique, un pronaos (vestibule), une chambre d’offrandes, et un sanctuaire. Les chapiteaux des colonnes ont la forme de plantes, et les bas-reliefs décrivent le pharaon faisant des offrandes aux dieux.

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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

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 Pihor worshipping 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.

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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.

Coptic inscription

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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.

Titre: Temple de Dendour

Période: Période romaine

Date: v. 15 av. J.-C.

Aire géographique: Basse Nubie, Dendour

Technique: Grès éolien

Dimensions: L. 25 m du portique jusqu'au fond du temple

Crédits: Offert aux États-Unis par l'Égypte en 1965, attribué au Metropolitan Museum of Art en 1967, et installé dans l'aile Sackler en 1978

Accession Number: 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 (68.154)

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