The Mammisi beside the Temple of Isis at Philae
Plate 6: The Mammisi beside the Temple of Isis at Philae
The colonade of the mammisi (birth house), a small interior temple dedicated to the infant Horus, built alongside the Temple of Isis at Philae. The columns feature varied vegetation designs and Hathor-headed capitals. The spaces in between each column are decorated with carved, decorative reliefs, dating at their earliest to the reign of Ptolemy III, with later additions during the reigns of Ptolemy VIII and Ptolemy XII, and the Roman period.
Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894
Day & Son
London (England)
English
Temples, Egyptian
Sacred spaces
Gods, Egyptian
Relief (Decorative arts)
Horus (Egyptian deity)
Isis (Egyptian deity)
Hathor (Egyptian deity)
Ptolemy III Euergetes, King of Egypt, -221 B.C.
Temple of Isis (Philae Island, Egypt)
Egypt
Nineteenth century
9.4 x 12.5 cm (approx.)
Still image
photographs
albumen prints
The Holy Land, Egypt, Constantinople, Athens : a series of forty-eight photographs
186- BEDF
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