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North court of the seventh pylon of the temple of Amon. Karnak, Egypt

African Art Museum

North court of the seventh pylon of the temple of Amon. Karnak, Egypt
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Object Details

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Collection Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

Collection Citation

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Scope and Contents

"In 1903, while working in the north court of the seventh pylon of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak, Georges Legrain made the sensational discovery of the so-called Karnak Cachette. In the course of the subsequent three years of excavations, over 900 stone statues and statuettes dating mainly from the 20th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period emerged from this deep pit." [Wilkinson R., 2000: The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson]. "A village on East bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt; with Luxor, Karnak is on the site of ancient Thebes; location of temple of Amen, considered one of the finest examples of early New Kingdom religious architecture; also has many Middle Kingdom remains." [The J.P.Getty Fund: Thesaurus of Geographic Names]. The photograph depicts relief detail showing Senwosret before Amun. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73c2473b6-4401-4c9c-97c9-4bb2ba515252

Local Numbers

Negative number 62235 C-22, 17.

General

Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "T 6 Egy. Egypt. Karnak. Statues in front of 7th pylon of temple. XIX Dyn. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62235 C-22, 17." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa
Egypt

Topic

Cultural landscapes
Monuments
Architecture -- Egypt

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Egypt

Extent

1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)

Date

1961

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 06598

Type

Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Black-and-white negatives
Negatives

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Black-and-white negatives
Negatives

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73c2473b6-4401-4c9c-97c9-4bb2ba515252
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871013778-4

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