AR / ITEM / 00100217

Dendera Zodiac

Maker unknown

Circular astronomical ceiling relief removed from the Temple of Hathor at Dendera.

Date
50 BCE
Collection
Musée du Louvre
Reference
E 13482

Plate not recorded
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Record

Medium
Sandstone
Dimensions
255 × 253 cm
Origin
Egypt
Owner
French State

In the Tapestry

Discovered at
DenderaA
Culture of origin
Ptolemaic KingdomAmedium confidence
Culture of origin
Ancient EgyptAmedium confidence

Provenance and history

  1. 50 BCE

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    collections.louvre.fr

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