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Wf1/4625(36)
- Record Id:
- 040-003302725
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003302708
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x0015a8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Wf1/4625(36)
- Title:
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The Court of Shishak, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis
- Scope & Content:
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Inscription: Signed 'Frith E. No. 68 1857' in the negative.
Genre: Archaeological Photography
View from the first court of the Temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak, looking eastwards towards the second pylon, with the hypostyle hall and obelisk beyond. In the foreground, among the remains of fallen columns, is the sole standing column in the court: 'The single column still standing is the sole representative of an avenue of twelve [ten?] which once adorned this court. Sir G. Wilkinson suggests that from the breadth of the intercolumniations, and the proportionate smallness of the columns, they were not intended to support a roof, nor even architraves, but rather to bear hawks or other similar emblems. The opinion of our party, from a careful examination of the fractures of the stones, etc., in this part of the ruins, was that these dilapidations, and the cheese-like disposal of the fragments of the columns in the foreground of the picture, are the result of the shock of an earthquake.'
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003302708
040-003302725 - Is part of:
- Wf1/4625 : Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids. By Francis Frith. Photographer(s): Frith, Francis
Wf1/4625(36) : The Court of Shishak, Karnac. Photographer: Frith, Francis - Hierarchy:
- 032-003302708[0017]/040-003302725
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Wf1/4625
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Albumen Print
Photograph
Photographic Print
Silver Printing-Out Paper Print - Start Date:
- 1857
- End Date:
- 1857
- Date Range:
- 1857
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 223 mm x 159 mm
Format: Printed Book
Secondary Support: Card
- Former External References:
- E.68
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Frith, Francis, 1822-1898
- Subjects:
- Amun-Ra, Temple of (Karnak)
Architectural Elements
Architectural Types
Architecture
Columns
Gateways
Monuments and Memorials
Obelisks
Pylons
Religious Buildings
Temples - Places:
- Karnak, Thebes, Qena, Qinā, Egypt, Africa, Middle East