ID: 700009280 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009280	Record Type: Built Work
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Temple of Apedemak (temple (building); unknown Nubian; mid-1st century CE; Athar an Naq‘a (Nahr an Nīl, As Sūdān, Africa, Worl...; )

Note: Classic example of Kushite architecture, with large gateway front. Carvings show Natakamani and Amanitore triumphant over their prisoners.

Titles:

Temple of Apedemak (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Apedemak Temple (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

temple (building) [300007595] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: mid-1st century CE

Creator Display:

unknown Nubian [preferred]

builder unknown Nubian (Nubian cultural designation) [500203968]

Locations:

Current: Athar an Naq‘a [7032204] Nile (state), Sudan (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: stone; masonry construction

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: undetermined

Cultures:

Nubian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	Apedemak [901001772]
	.....((African characters, African iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Temple of Apedemak	........ [VP]
	........ Török, Ancient Nubian Art (2001) 226
Apedemak Temple	........ [VP]
	........ Török, Ancient Nubian Art (2001) 226

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Török, Ancient Nubian Art (2001)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Török, Ancient Nubian Art (2001)