ID: 700002932 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700002932	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Temple of Khonsu (temple (building); originally built by Ramesses III (Egyptian king, died 1156 B...; 1100 BCE; Luxor (Al Uqşur, Miṣr, Africa, World, Top of the TGN h...; )

Titles:

Temple of Khonsu (preferred,C,U,D,LC,English,,N)

Temple of Khons, Karnak (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Temple of Khonsu (Egypt) (C,U,English,,)

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)

ruins [300008057]

..... (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 condition>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1100 BCE

Creator Display:

originally built by Ramesses III (Egyptian king, died 1156 BCE); gateway built by Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ancient Egyptian king, died 222 BCE); hypostyle hall erected by Nectanebo I (Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, reigned 379 or 378–361 or 360 BCE) [preferred,VP]

patron Ramses II, King of Egypt (Egyptian king, died 1156 BCE) [500372573]

patron Ptolemy III Euergetes, King of Egypt (Ancient Egyptian king, died 222 BCE) [500356589]

patron Nectanebo I (Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, reigned 379 or 378–361 or 360 BCE) [500372667]

Locations:

Current: Al Uqşur [7017995] Al Uqşur (governorate), Egypt (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 25°43′00″N 32°39′21″E

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: 113 feet x 59 feet

Cultures:

Ancient Egyptian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Thirtieth Dynasty (Egyptian) [300020424] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Egyptian (ancient), Egyptian periods, Late Period (Egyptian))

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	pylons (gateways) [300005091]
	.....(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>, gate structures) (AAT)

	sphinxes [300375739]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	obelisks (monumental pillars) [300007021]
	.....(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>, monuments, <monuments by form>, monumental pillars) (AAT)

	hypostyle hall [300004425]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, building divisions, rooms and spaces, <rooms and spaces by location or context>, interior spaces (spaces by location), halls (interior rooms)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Temple of Khonsu	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2012100092; accessed 23 June 2016
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Temple of Khons, Karnak	........ [VP]
	........ Fletcher, History of Architecture (1987) 49
Temple of Khonsu (Egypt)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

....................... Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)