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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.4146#0006
PREFACE.
This volume, like the preceding one, does not contain any historical
inscriptions. All the scenes are religious. The Eastern wall of the Upper
Court, in particular, shows the great festival celebrated in honour of
Anion, a festival which gave its name to the temple.
Little remains of the sculptures of the old Sanctuary, which
consisted originally of two rooms: the first one where was deposited the
sacred boat, in which the shrine of the god was carried forth at the great
festivals; and the second one, the more sacred, where stood the shrine
containing the emblems of the god.
It is probable that already in Ptolemaic times this Sanctuary had
lost its sacred character; otherwise Ptolemy Physcon would not have dug
beyond it a chamber dedicated to two deified men. The next volume,
giving the scenes of the Lower Terrace, will complete the sculptures of
the temple.
EDOUARD NAVILLE.
Deir el Bahahi,
January, 1906.
This volume, like the preceding one, does not contain any historical
inscriptions. All the scenes are religious. The Eastern wall of the Upper
Court, in particular, shows the great festival celebrated in honour of
Anion, a festival which gave its name to the temple.
Little remains of the sculptures of the old Sanctuary, which
consisted originally of two rooms: the first one where was deposited the
sacred boat, in which the shrine of the god was carried forth at the great
festivals; and the second one, the more sacred, where stood the shrine
containing the emblems of the god.
It is probable that already in Ptolemaic times this Sanctuary had
lost its sacred character; otherwise Ptolemy Physcon would not have dug
beyond it a chamber dedicated to two deified men. The next volume,
giving the scenes of the Lower Terrace, will complete the sculptures of
the temple.
EDOUARD NAVILLE.
Deir el Bahahi,
January, 1906.