ID: 700002931 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002931	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Temple of Horus (temple (building); begun by Ptolemy III Euergetes, King of Egypt (Ancient Egypt...; begun 237 BCE, completed 57 BC...; Idfū (Aswān, Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the TGN hi...; )

Titles:

Temple of Horus (preferred,C,U,D,LC,English,,N)

Horus, Temple (C,U,undetermined,,)

Temple of Edfu (C,U,English,,N)

Temple of Edfu (Egypt) (C,U,English,,)

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)

ruins [300008057]

..... (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 condition>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: begun 237 BCE, completed 57 BCE

Creator Display:

begun by Ptolemy III Euergetes, King of Egypt (Ancient Egyptian king, died 222 BCE); completed by Ptolemy XI Alexander II (Ancient Egyptian king, ca. 115 - 80 BCE) [preferred,VP]

patron Ptolemy III Euergetes, King of Egypt (Ancient Egyptian king, died 222 BCE) [500356589]

patron Ptolemy XI Alexander II (Ancient Egyptian king, ca. 115 - 80 BCE) [500372662]

Locations:

Current: Idfū [7001449] (Geographic)

Address Note: 24°58′40″N 32°52′24″E

Display Materials: sandstone

	sandstone [300011376]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>)

Dimensions: 450 feet x 250 feet

Cultures:

Ancient Egyptian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Ptolemaic [300020432] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Egyptian (ancient))

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Horus [901001076]
	.....((Egyptian characters, Egyptian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Temple of Horus	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 88000327; accessed 22 June 2016
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Idf$01u," accessed 22 June 2016
	........ BWR [online] (2015-) "Temple of Horus," accessed 22 June 2016
Horus, Temple	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
Temple of Edfu	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Temple of Edfu (Egypt)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)