Sujet

Roman Birth House of Mammisi, Temple complex, Dendera, Egypt, 68-117 AD. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Roman Birth House of Mammisi, Temple complex, Dendera, Egypt, 68-117 AD. Relief showing Emperor Trajan offering a clepsydra - detail of his hands. A water clock or clepsydra is a timepiece by which time is measured by the regulated flow of liquid into or out of a vessel, and where the amount of liquid can then be measured. Water clocks are one of the oldest time-measuring instruments. First Intercolumnar wall - South face.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Prisma Archivo Fotografico, S.L.

Notre référence

HRM24A69_222

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

33,7Mo (1,7Mo) / 35,7cm x 23,7cm / 4211 x 2800 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Africa Italy people technology hands offering time religious stone arts carving country Egypt Rome religion temple body bodies emperor sculpture art color clock Egyptian royal chapel archaeology relief handicraft handicrafts Roman carved location century archaeological royalty concept archaeological site archeology timepiece dendera Colour bas relief bas-relief Ancient Egyptian Ancient Egypt Ancient Roman Ancient Rome 1st century 2nd century clepsydra TGN water clock Trajan Unknown Birth House Mammisi 1st century AD DENDERAH Mizraim Emperor Trajan Dendera Temple complex Caesar Nerva Traianus Divi Nervae Hand Carved Prisma Archivo Fotografico