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Title:
Nubia : The Temple of Dakkeh [Graphic]
Year:
[1868-1869].
Creator:
Good, Frank Mason
Category:
Temple Of Dakkeh
Hieroglyphics
Object Details:
1 photograph : albumen ; 16 x 20.5 cm ( 6.25 x 8.25 in).
Notes:
Photographer's signature at lower right; attached description: " The Pselcis of the Greeks. The Temple of Dakkeh. Sculptures. This temple was built around B.C. 250, by the Ethiopian King Ergamun, who is here making offerings to Isis. It was dedicated to Hermes Trismagistus, or Thoth."
Hieroglyphics on the wall show several people
Collection:
CAJS Image Collection XAJ GOO 2250 XAJ18
The Lenkin Family Collection of Photography, University of Pennsylvania Libraries