Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Colonnade Approach to Temple of Isis

Preferred Title: 
Colonnade Approach to Temple of Isis
Image View: 
General view, looking east, showing the East Colonnade and the First Pylon of the Temple of Isis (at left)
Creator: 
unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
Location: 
site: Agilqiyya [Philae Reconstruction] (Aswan, Upper Egypt, Egypt)
Date: 
ca. 300 BCE-14 CE (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Egyptian (ancient)
Style Period: 
Imperial (Roman); Ptolemaic
Work Type 1: 
colonnade
Work Type 2: 
excavation (site)
Classification: 
architecture
Material: 
stone; limestone; painted relief
Technique: 
carving (processes); construction (assembling)
Relation Work: 
part of Philae [site]
Subjects: 
architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; Egypt--Religion; Roman Empire; wide angle lens; court
Description: 
From Nectanebo's monument north, there are two colonnades, one on the east side and another on the west of an outer courtyard that leads to the first temple pylon. The western half of the colonnade is the more complete, and is pierced with windows originally looking toward the island of Biggeh. A nilometer descends the cliff from here. The colonnade is about one hundred yards long and contains thirty-one of the original thirty-two columns. The column capitals tops are floral, and remarkable in their variety with no two being alike. Most of the columns show carvings of Tiberius offering gifts to the gods. The ceiling, which is mostly destroyed, is decorated with stars and and flying vultures, while the rear wall has two rows of bas-reliefs of Tiberius and Augustus offering to the gods. [Tour Egypt] "Most of the buildings at Philae were erected during the Ptolemaic period, but there are many inscriptions and reliefs of later periods, especially the reign of Augustus (reigned 30 BCE-14 CE). This demonstrates tha
Collection: 
Archivision Addition Module One
Identifier: 
1A3-EG-PH-3-A2
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.