Country: Egypt Location: Philae Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Room 1 of the Main Temple (Temple of Isis) Material: Limestone Description: Room 1 (Holy of Holies) of the Main Temple, dedicated to the goddess Isis, Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Archaeological Feature, Reliefs Period:Hellenistic Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
Philae, Egypt: Baboon Playing a Stringed Instrument, Temple of Hathor
Country: Egypt Location: Philae Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Hathor Temple Material: Limestone Description: Baboon (god Thoth) playing a stringed instrument relief surrounded by hieroglyphics on a column in the forecourt of the Hathor Temple at Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Reliefs, Inscriptions Type: Relief on column Period:Hellenistic Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
Philae, Egypt: Dwarf Playing a Tambourine, Temple of Hathor
Country: Egypt Location: Philae Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Hathor Temple Material: Limestone Description: Dwarf playing a tambourine relief surrounded by hieroglyphics on a column in the forecourt of the Hathor Temple at Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Reliefs, Inscriptions Type: Relief on column Period:Hellenistic Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
Philae, Egypt: Bes Playing a Harp, Temple of Hathor
Country: Egypt Location: Philae Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Hathor Temple Material: Limestone Description: Bes playing a harp relief surrounded by hieroglyphics on a column in the forecourt of the Hathor Temple at Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Reliefs, Inscriptions Type: Relief on column Period:Hellenistic Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
Country: Egypt Location: Philae Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia) Area: Hathor Temple Material: Limestone Description: Block depicting the god Bes, located in forecourt of Hathor Temple, at Philae in Egypt. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam. Category:Reliefs, Archaeological Feature Period:Hellenistic Date: 330 BCE – 27 BCE Credit: Solange Ashby January 2011
Üçgöz (formerly Sofraz Köy), Turkey: Antiochus I and Apollo Stele
Country: Turkey Location: Üçgöz Material: Basaltic lava
Description: Antiochus I Theos (the deified king) in a dexiosis pose with Apollo. From the Kingdom of Commagene. Category: Reliefs, Stelae
Period: Hellenistic Date: 70-38 BCE Current Location: Gaziantep Archaeology Museum Credit:Cynthia Burdge, June 2019
