Abu Oda: MRA-EGY-Oda001
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-EGY-Oda001
Sample Material Type
- Mural painting
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
micro-fragment
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 0.8
- Width
- 0.3
- Notes
- largest fragment
Support
- D2: Moderate (has some deterioration features such as lack of cohesion/adhesion)
Weight
- weight value (g)
- 0.34
- Notes
- largest fragment
Other info about sample identity
- PP/ABUO/0014 [ original sample label ]
Geographic Location
- Country
- Egypt
- Place
- Abu Oda
Site/monument
- Egypt (EGY)
Shrine of Amon-Ra and Thoth
Historical note about the site/monument
- The Amun Ra (or Amon-Ra) and Thoth temple, at Abu Oda (Nubia), north of the Second Cataract, was a rock monument, built under the reign of Horemheb, the last pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Egypt (around 1319 BC and 1292 BC). The monument was decorated by scenes of a ritual nature, depicting Horemheb amongst several gods, such as Amun, Thoth, Horus, and the pharaoh Ramses II. Nowadays only fragments of this temple remain, since it has been completely destroyed by the waters of Lake Nasser (Saad-el-Ali), in the 1960’s.
Further reading:
Dodson, Aidan, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation, Cairo New York, The American University in Cairo Press, 2009.
Török, László, Between two worlds: the frontier region between ancient Nubia and Egypt 3700 BC – AD 50, Leiden, Brill, 2009.
Chronological period (sample)
- 13th-14th century BC
Sample taken by
- Cesare Brandi
Date of sampling
- Unknown
- Yes
- Year/Decade/Century
- 1958
Finishing Layers
- D2: Moderate (has some deterioration features such as lack of cohesion/adhesion)