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ID: 300380422
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300380422

 

Record Type: concept
rose granite (<granite by color and composition>, granite (rock), ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Granite quarried at Aswan, Egypt with a mineral composition that results in a rose color. It is the type of granite most used in Egyptian architecture.
 
Terms:
rose granite (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
granite, rose (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
rose granites (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Aswan rose granite (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
roze graniet (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by composition>
............ <materials by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of inorganic material
................ inorganic material (G)
Hierarchy of rock (inorganic material)
.................... rock (inorganic material) (G)
Hierarchy of igneous rock
........................ igneous rock (G)
Hierarchy of <igneous rock by composition>
............................ <igneous rock by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of <igneous rock by composition: chemical>
................................ <igneous rock by composition: chemical> (G)
Hierarchy of acid igneous rock
.................................... acid igneous rock (G)
Hierarchy of granite (rock)
........................................ granite (rock) (G)
Hierarchy of <granite by color and composition>
............................................ <granite by color and composition> (G)
Hierarchy of rose granite
................................................ rose granite (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Graniet dat wordt gedolven bij Aswan in Egypte en dat een minerale samenstelling heeft die voor een roze kleur zorgt. Dit soort graniet wordt in de Egyptische architectuur het meest gebruikt. 

Sources and Contributors:
Aswan rose granite............  [VP]
...................................  Klemm, Stones and Quarries in Ancient Egypt (2008)
granite, rose............  [GCI, VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
rose granite............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................  AATA database (2002-) accessed 14 February 2013
.......................  Arnold et al., The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture (2003) 100
.......................  Roder, The History of the Quarrying of Rose Granite from Aswan,. Archaologischer Anzeiger (1965) title
rose granites............  [GCI, VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
roze graniet............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......................  UvA Talen
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [GCI, VP]
.......... AATA database (2002-) accessed 14 February 2013
.......... Arnold et al., The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture (2003) 100
.......... Roder, The History of the Quarrying of Rose Granite from Aswan,. Archaologischer Anzeiger (1965) 467-551
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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