ID: 700089853 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700089853	Record Type: Built Work

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

Titles:

Temple Complex at Philae (preferred,C,U,English-P,,)

Temple of Isis Complex (C,U,English,,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

temple complex [300444137] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, religious complexes)

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]

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

Locations:

Other: Former: 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)

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

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

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

....................... Getty Museum, Authority file (2003-)