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Temple of Shenhur
Marleen DeMeyer,
Martina Minas-Nerpel
UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5hc3t8dh
Swansea University Author: Martina Minas-Nerpel
Abstract
The temple of Isis, the Great Goddess, at Shenhur was built and decorated in the Roman Period during the reigns of Augustus (30 BCE–14 CE) through that of Trajan (98–117 CE). Shenhur is located between two major cult centres, Koptos and Thebes, and was influenced by both theological systems, but mai...
| Published in: | UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5hc3t8dh |
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Los Angeles
UCLA (online)
2012
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http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5hc3t8dh |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa12304 |
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| Abstract: |
The temple of Isis, the Great Goddess, at Shenhur was built and decorated in the Roman Period during the reigns of Augustus (30 BCE–14 CE) through that of Trajan (98–117 CE). Shenhur is located between two major cult centres, Koptos and Thebes, and was influenced by both theological systems, but mainly by the Koptite one, making its decoration an important part of the regional cult topography. Excavations in and around the temple have revealed that a colonnade was added to its exterior during the reign of Tiberius or later, and that the structure was used as a habitation space during the fifth–seventh centuries CE. |
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Article in the online Encyclopedia of Egyptology, published by the University of California, Los Angeles.Both authors are equally responsible for the article and each added 50%. |
| Keywords: |
Egypt; Shanhur (between Koptos and Thebes); temple of the Roman period; theological concept; hieroglyphic inscriptions. |
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Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |