Identifier: nilenotesfortrav00unse (find matches)
Title: The Nile. Notes for travellers in Egypt
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Budge, E. A. Wallis(Ernest Alfred Wallis),Sir,1857-1934
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Publisher: London, Thos. Cook & son, Ludgate Circus
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
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iles from Cairo, alsoon the east bank of the river, stands Ibrim, which marksthe site of the ancient Primis, or Premnis, called in the Egyptian inscriptions y (I / 1\ I , Maamam. This town was captured during the reign of Augustus byPetronius on his victorious march upon Napata. In thefirst and third naos at Primis are representations of Nehi,the governor of Nubia, with other officers, bringing giftsbefore Thothmes III., which shows that these caves werehewn during the reign of this king; and in another,Rameses II. is receiving adorations from Setau, prince ofEthiopia, and a number of his officers. At Anibe, justopposite Ibrim, is the grave of Penni, the governor of thedistrict, who died during the reign of Rameses VI. ABU SIMBEL.* Abu Simbel, on the west bank of the river, 762 milesfrom Cairo, is the classical Aboccis, and the place called4 J ^3^ t^rsyi Abshek in the Egyptian inscriptions.Around, or near the temple, a town of considerable size * The spelling of this name is doubtful.
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I. Plan of the Temple of Rameses II. at Abu Simbel.II. The seated Colossi and front of the Temple at Abu Simbel. From Lepsius Denkmaler, Bd. Hi., Bl. 185. THE NILE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND CATARACTS. 353 once stood; all traces of this have, however, disap-peared. To the north of the great temple, hewn in theliving rock, is a smaller temple, about 84 feet long, whichwas dedicated to the goddess Hathor by Rameses II. andhis wife Xefert-Ari. The front is ornamented with statuesof the king, his wife, and some of his children, and overthe door are his names and titles. In the hall inside are sixsquare Hathor-headed pillars also inscribed with the namesand titles of Rameses and his wife. In the small chamberat the extreme end of the temple is an interesting scene inwhich the king is making an offering to Hathor in the formof a cow; she is called the lady of Abshek, and isstanding behind a figure of the king. The chief object of interest at Abu Simbel is the GreatTemple built by Rameses II.

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