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ID: 700002001
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002001
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Somesvara temple (temple (building); unknown Early Andhra Karnata; ca. 11th century CE)
Titles:
Somesvara temple (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
temple (building) [300007595] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 11th century CE

Creator Display:
unknown Early Andhra Karnata [preferred,VP]
unknown Andhra Karnata (Early Andhra Karnata cultural designation) [500354796]
Locations:
Bhimavaram [1074763] Andhra Pradesh (state), India (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: sandstone, stucco
sandstone [300011376]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>)
stucco (plaster) [300014966]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>, plaster (composite coating), <plaster by technique>)

Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
Indian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Andhra Karnataka [300379553] (preferred,N/A)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, South Asian, Indian (South Asian))

General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness)
religion and mythology (purpose)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures
Sources and Contributors:
Somesvara temple........ [VP]
........ AIIS, CAA database (2000-)
Subject: ....... [VP,CAA-AIIS]
....................... Encyclopedia of Indian Temple Architecture (EITA) (1986-) M.A.Dhaky; Vol I, Part 2, 1986
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