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| Eṭ-Ṭōd · الطود | ||
| Governorate | Luxor | |
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| Residents | 27.357 (2006) | |
| height | 83 m | |
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The one steeped in history upper egyptian Town et death, also el-death, Arabic:الطود, aṭ-Ṭaud / aṭ-Ṭūd,[1] ancient egyptian: Djerty, located about 20 kilometers south of Luxor on the eastern bank of the Nile. It is opposite the city Armant on the western bank of the Nile. Around 27,000 people live in the city today (2006).[2]
background
Et-Tod was in the south of the 4th Upper Egyptian Gau (Theban Gau). It is one of the four cult sites of the month (others are Armant, Medamud and the month district of Karnak North). Month, often depicted as a falcon or bull, is the local Theban god who was the main god and king god until the Middle Kingdom (instead of Amun).
getting there
The journey takes place via the trunk road 02, Luxor-Aswan, on the eastern bank of the Nile. The archaeological site is located in the center of the small town eṭ-Ṭōd.
It is recommended to visit the temple of eṭ-Ṭōd with the burial ground of el-Maʿalla from the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period.
Some travel agencies in Luxor offer day excursions to eṭ-Ṭōd.
Tourist Attractions
The archaeological site is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Important: Tickets to this temple must be purchased at the ticket booth of Temple of Luxor to be acquired! The admission price is LE 40 and LE 20 for students (as of 11/2019).
Temple of the Month
The beginnings of the 1 Temple lie in the 4th Dynasty and in the Middle Kingdom (time Sesostris I), the Nowadays visible temple parts come from Greco-Roman times. Finds prove its use up to the Coptic times, the temple was used as a church at that time. The most important find is the treasure of Tōd from the time of Amenemhet II (Middle Kingdom) found in 1936, which was discovered in the temple foundation and can be viewed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo: a copper box contained bowls and jewelry made of silver, gold and lapis lazuli. The brick temple from the 11th dynasty could also be reconstructed: it consisted of a courtyard, hall with columns, the sacrificial vestibule and the adjoining statue shrine. The representations were placed on limestone slabs.
You enter the area in the east in the area of the temple back wall. There are numerous to the south and east of the temple building Architectural fragments from Ptolemaic and Coptic times. It makes sense to walk to the west end of the site to enter the temple at the entrance.
You are now in the area of ancient quay. This quay and the following one Sphinx avenue were only created under Ptolemy IV. After crossing the quay wall, one arrives at the approx. 30 m long Sphingenallee. After going through another gate you can see the decorated one on the north side Barque shrine with piers, Thutmose ’III.
Now you look at the actual temple, of which only the Hypostyle hall and the vestibule (pronaos) are partially preserved. These temple parts were placed under Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II to Antonius Pius in front of the temple Sesostris ’I using the old facade in front of it, while only remains of the foundations of the earlier temple are preserved.
in the Colonnade with its four pillars, only a few decorative remains have survived, e.g. the depiction of a bull on the right entrance post. The courtyard leads to the central hall and the one to the south Hall of the goddess Tjenenet, the consort of the month and goddess of the king's birth. The lower part of this hall, the actual hall of the Tjenenet, shows on the north side the Tjenenet in the shrine in front of a woman and the king in front of the goddesses Neith, Hert, Astarte and Sachmet. The upper part is called the treasure house. Here Month is shown in different scenes and forms, furthermore sacrificial representations of the king before Re and Month.
North of the temple you can see the one from Roman times Holy lake.
Monastery in eṭ-Ṭōd
2 Monastery of the Saints of the Diocese of Luxor and the surrounding area(25 ° 34 '36 "N.32 ° 32 ′ 21 ″ E), Arabic:دير القديسين ايبارشية الأقصر وتوابعها) In the south of the city.
accommodation
There are no hotels on site. Tourists usually leave Luxor at.
trips
A visit to the city of eṭ-Ṭōd can be combined with the sites in Esna and or el-Maʿalla connect.
literature
- Temple of the Month
- : Tôd: 1934 à 1936. In:Bruyère, Bernard (Ed.): Report on the fouilles de Deir el Médineh. Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1937, Fouilles de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale; 17th.
- : Le lac sacré de Tôd. In:Chronique d'Égypte: bulletin périodique de la Fondation Egyptologique Reine Elisabeth, ISSN0009-6067, Vol.24 (1937), Pp. 3-14.
- : Le trésor de Tôd. Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1953, Documents de fouilles de l'IFAO; 11.
- : Notes on the Early Temples of El-Tôd. In:Communications from the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department (MDAIK), ISSN0342-1279, Vol.31 (1975), Pp. 175-186.
- : Tôd: les inscriptions du temple ptolémaïque et romain. Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1980, Fouilles de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale; 18th. 3 volumes. (1) La salle hypostyle, textes nos. 1-172 (1980); (2) Textes et scènes nos. 173-329 (2003); (3) Relevé photographique (2003)
Individual evidence
- ↑The spelling without the article el-, soطودIs also very common.
- ↑Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed December 16, 2014.
