Glass plate negative


Accession Number
EC1703
Current Location
In storage
Object Type
Photographic media, Glass plate negative
Period
Modern
Twentieth century CE/AD
1910s
Material
Glass
Provenance
Egypt, Philae, Isis Temple, Birth House
Number of Elements
1

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Description

Negative with similar view to glass plate lantern slide EC1563 showing the birth house of the Temple of Isis on the Island of Philae. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Johnson of the 436 Welsh Field Company c. 1917. The lantern slide formed part of a lecture which he gave. The notes from his lecture read 'The Temple of Hathor stands immediately to the east of the second Pylon. It consists of a hall and a pronaos, the other chambers being now destroyed. The hall had six pillars on either side which are now only standing in part.' The slide shows the birth house with Hathor headed columns on the right and behind that, on the left of the picture, the First Pylon.