Capital in the Temple at Denderah

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In some temples the pillars have, in lieu of capital, the face of a goddess, probably of Isis, with a drooping sacerdotal hood, and supporting a temple on the head. This face is repeated on four sides of the circular shaft.

Keywords

Crown, faces, column, pilaster, Egyptian architecture, egyptian capital, inverted bell, temple of denderah, dendera temple complex

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Egyptian Architecture, Columns: Capitals

Source

A. Rosengarten, W. Collett-Sandars A Handbook of Architectural Styles (New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895)

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