{"product_id":"la-porte-de-tibere-a-medamoud-volume-i-le-decor-textes-planches-paleographie-precommande","title":"The Gate of Tiberius at Medamoud - Volume I: the decor (texts, plates, paleography).","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA propylon introduced, from the beginning of the first millennium AD, the religious complex of Medamoud, on which rests an enclosure dated to Augustus by a commemorative stele. Although the construction of the gate was undoubtedly contemporary with that of the enclosure and the decoration of the embrasures was begun during this reign, the monument is known under the name of \"Gate of Tiberius\", the scenes and inscriptions of the facade and the reverse, as well as three scenes of the northeast embrasure, bearing the names of this emperor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe collapse of the gate, during the second half of the 18th \u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecentury\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecentury, caused a significant part of the decor to disappear before the scree was cleared by F. Bisson de la Roque in 1926. A significant number of blocks, fortunately photographed by Cl. Robichon in 1936, disappeared again before the end of the 20th \u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecentury.\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecentury. Despite these regrettable losses, the preserved scenes and inscriptions, almost entirely unpublished, represent an extremely valuable and revealing contribution to our knowledge of local theology in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, the elevation of the temple being largely destroyed, and of Theban theologies in which Medamoud and his divinities play a major role.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antinoë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47651188638020,"sku":"30225","price":72.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/4043\/6408\/files\/mail_863ef5c3-a7ca-42f3-be66-631588d569b7.jpg?v=1703078936","url":"https:\/\/anttopinoe.com\/en-en\/products\/la-porte-de-tibere-a-medamoud-volume-i-le-decor-textes-planches-paleographie-precommande","provider":"Antinoë","version":"1.0","type":"link"}