The Wabet: Tradition and Innovation in Temples of the Ptolemaic and Roman Period (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9788073081904)

The volume provides an in-depth study of an architectural ensemble that consists of an open court and elevated chapel, better known as the wabet, and forms an essential part of the layout of a dozen temples in Egypt of the Thirtieth Dynasty and the Ptolemaic and Roman era (e.g Philae, Edfu, Dendara, Shanhur, and Deir Shalwit). The volume focuses on the ensemble's location, orientation, and layout, the designations in use to refer to the complex, and the decorative scheme applied to its walls in order to gain a better insight into the activities performed in the complex and its role within the temple. The volume also takes a closer look at various plausible precursors of the complex in temples of the New Kingdom and the Late Period and examines the ensemble's relation to the wabet as a 'place of embalming'.

Author: Filip Coppens
ISBN-10: 8073081903
ISBN-13: 9788073081904
Publisher: Czech Institute of Egyptology Charles Univers
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2008
Pages: 245
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.89lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.40w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2009 pg. 51