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ID: 700078909
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700078909
Record Type: Built Work
Western Deffufa (deffufa; Kushite; from ca 2500 BCE, rebuilt seve...; Kerma (Northern, As Sūdān, Africa, World, Top of the T...; )
Note: Located in: Kerma, Sudan; large mudbrick temple, currently standing 18m high, which was surrounded by the religious quarter
Titles:
Western Deffufa (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)
Deffufa, Kerma (C,U,English,,N)
Lower Deffufa (C,U,undetermined,,N)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
deffufa [300457816] (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, temples (buildings), <temples by form>)
temple (building) [300007595]
..... (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>)
archaeological site [300000810]
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations))

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: from ca 2500 BCE, rebuilt several times

Creator Display:
Kushite [preferred,BWR]
builders unknown Kushite (Kushite cultural designation) [500404128]
Locations:
Current: Site Context: Kerma [1094294] (Geographic)
Address Note: + 19.63333,+ 30.41667; Kerma, Sudan
Display Materials: mud brick
sun-dried brick [300081146]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>, brick (clay material), <brick by technique>, <brick by technique: drying process>)

Dimensions: unavailable
General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works
............... Kerma Monuments
Sources and Contributors:
Western Deffufa........ [BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3783048
Deffufa, Kerma........ [VP,BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3784087
Lower Deffufa........ [BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-)
Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3783048; BWR3784087
....................... BWR-03 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3783048; 3784087
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 41034; 36806
....................... Harvard Library BWR contribution (2010-) U295859; U113939
....................... UNESCO online (1998-) https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6594/
Note:
English ..... [BWR,VP]
..... UNESCO online (1998-) https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6594/
..... BWR database (2010-)
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