
Identity area
Reference code
Hoskins MSS 2.38
Title
George A. Hoskins Drawing - Gebel Barkal
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 drawing
Context area
Name of creator
(1802-1863)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
View of the remains of the first hall of the large rock-temple of Amun ('Typhonium', B300) at Gebel Barkal. Several columns still intact amongst the rubble, including columns with Hathor-head capitals and a Bes-column:
- pencil drawing
- mounted
- 29.5 by 21.3 cm
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Discoloured around edges
Allied materials area
Publication note
- Published in Hoskins, G. A. 1835. Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the Nile: Exhibiting the State of that Country, and Its Various Inhabitants, Under the Dominion of Mohammed Ali; and Illustrating the Antiquities, Arts, and History of the Ancient Kingdom of Meroe. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, pl. 19.
- Published online on the Griffith Institute website: 'The watercolours and drawings by George Alexander Hoskins in the Archive of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford' (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4hoskins_opening_page.html).
Notes area
Note
- TopBib vii.209.
Digital object metadata
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