172. Edfou. Figure. Bas relief

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JOSEPH-PHILIBERT GIRAULT DE PRANGEY
172. Edfou. Figure. Bas relief
Daguerreotype. n.d.[1842-43] Titled and numbered in ink on label on verso.
7 3/8 x 4¾in. (18.7 x 12.1cm.)

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A relief of a Ptolemaic Goddess as Isis, from the Temple of Horus at Edfu, dating from 3rd-1st Century B.C. Wearing a vulture headdress surmounted by a crown of Isis and the Double Crown of Egypt, she is seen worshipping the god of the city. This relief is in a prominent position on the first pylon at Edfu.

This is one of only two daguerreotypes in the photographer's archive identified as Idfu. The other is a smaller detail of a capital.

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