Photo ID: PID000317 鈥� Download Image
Philae, Egypt: Bes Playing a Harp, Temple of Hathor
Country: Egypt
Location: Philae
Region: South of Aswan, located on the artificial island of Agilkia in Lake Nasser (Nubia)
Area: Hathor Temple
Material: Limestone
Description: Bes playing a harp relief surrounded by hieroglyphics on a column in the forecourt of the Hathor Temple at Philae. Originally located on the island of Philae near the First Cataract. Largely flooded after the construction of the first Aswan damn in 1906, but rescued and relocated to the island of Agilkia in the 1960s in anticipation of the flooding from the High Aswan Dam.
Category: Reliefs,听Inscriptions
Type: Relief on column
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 330 BCE 鈥� 27 BCE
颁谤别诲颈迟:听Solange Ashby January 2011
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