Erment: Cleopatra's 'Birth Temple'

Series TitleEgypt and Palestine Photographed and Described

Artist Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898)

Publisher James S. Virtue (English, 1829 - 1892)

Date1857

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall: 8 13/16 × 6 1/8 inches (22.38 × 15.56 cm)

Credit LineGift of Margaret Hall in memory of Alfred E. Miller

Object numberF91-51/40

SignedOn plate, lower left: Frith E.No 42 1857

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DescriptionOut of the rubble of stones and bricks, foreground, rises the remains of a building with (1) fluted column in front of incised and decorated doorways (2) and steps. At top is lentil with heiroglyphs balanced across opening.

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