ID: 700002940 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002940	Record Type: Built Work

Temple of Isis (temple (building); begun by Ptolemy II (Ancient Egyptian king, 309-246 BCE) ; late 2nd century BCE; Agilka Island (Aswān, Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the ...; )

Note: Located in: Agilka island, formerly at Philae, Egypt

Titles:

Temple of Isis (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)

Temple of Isis, Philae (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>)

relocated architecture [300456824]

..... (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: late 2nd century BCE

Creator Display:

begun by Ptolemy II (Ancient Egyptian king, 309-246 BCE) [preferred,VP]

Creator: unavailable [,BWR]

patron Ptolemy II Philadelphus, King of Egypt (Ancient Egyptian king, 309-246 BCE) [500356587]

Locations:

Other: Original: Philae Island [7535878] (Geographic)

Address Note: 24°1′15″N 32°53′22″E

Current: Agilka Island [7544670] (Geographic)

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: unavailable

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,undetermined)

religion and mythology (purpose)

Specific Subjects:

	Isis [901000704]
	.....((Egyptian characters, Egyptian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Related Works:

	associated with .... Philae Temples Relocation Project [700089856]
	..........engineering project; patron: UNESCO; 1971-1974; Aswān (Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy);

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

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

............... Temple Complex at Philae

Sources and Contributors:
Temple of Isis	........ [VP,BWR]
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 62
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3756124
Temple of Isis, Philae	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

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

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3756124

....................... BWR-05 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3756124

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 7353

....................... ARTstor: UCSD (2010-)

Note:
English	..... [BWR,VP]
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3756124