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10095.g.34(66)

Record Id:

040-003235397

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003235331

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026869721.0x00071c

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

10095.g.34(66)

Title:

Tablets in the quarries at Kardassy. Photographer: Frith, Francis

Scope & Content:

Inscription: Signed 'Frith' in the negative.

Genre: Archaeological Photography

View looking towards a doorway, surrounded by carved figures in niches on the wall: 'a very interesting part of the sandstone quarries of Kardassy where there is a little oratory for the workmen cut in the rock during the Roman period...The inscriptions are in the Greek language, inclosed in a Roman-formed tablet. The busts in the two niches are probably those of Roman consuls who were benefactors to the province and workmen. The figures carved out of rock near the ground are the boyish attempts of the workmen to imitate the Egyptian sculpture. Probably Greek and Roman malefactors were among the workmen, and in consequence we have the Greek writing and Roman architecture.'

Stereoscopic pair.

Collection Area:

Printed Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003235331
040-003235397

Is part of:

10095.g.34 : Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia. Illustrated by one hundred stereoscopic photographs, taken by Francis Frith for Messrs. Negretti and…

10095.g.34(66) : Tablets in the quarries at Kardassy. Photographer: Frith, Francis

Hierarchy:

032-003235331[0066]/040-003235397

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Techniques:

Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print

Start Date:

1859

End Date:

1860

Date Range:

1859-1860

Era:

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