Necropolis at Saqqara, Egypt [004]

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Title Necropolis at Saqqara, Egypt [004]
Photo Number Box 10, Egypt, Pyramids, Step Pyramid of King Zozer, 4
Description Photo showing (what appears to be) a printed reproduction of an image of the funerary complex / precinct (with step / stepped pyramid) of King Djoser, Saqqara, Egypt
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1983
Subject Prints Reproduction--Egypt--Photographs; Egypt--Kings and rulers--Art--Photographs; Pharaohs--Art--Photographs; Djoser, King of Egypt--Art--Photographs; Cemeteries--Art--Photographs; Tombs--Art--Photographs; Pyramids--Art--Photographs; Egypt--History--Old Kingdom,--ca. 2686- ca. 2181 B.C.--Art--Photographs; Islamic countries--Officials and employees--Art--Photographs; Viziers--Art--Photographs; Imhotep, active 2667 B.C.-2648 B.C.--Art--Photographs; Egypt; Ṣaqqārah (Egypt); Cemeteries; Tombs; Pyramids; Viziers
Keywords Saqqara; Djoser; Zoser, Burial grounds; Imhotep
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Ṣaqqārah (Egypt)
Caption on Slide Step pyramid of King Zoser, Sakkara, Egypt.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Djoser (also ... Zoser) was an ancient Egyptian king (pharaoh) of the 3rd dynasty during the Old Kingdom and the founder of this epoque.--Wikipedia. Note: Stepped pyramid 1. A pyramid consisting of several rectangular structures of diminishing size and with sloping, or battered, sides placed on top of one another.--The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms, Credo Reference Database. Note: The Pyramid of Djoser (or Zoser), or step pyramid ... is an archeological remain in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis. It was built during the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser by Imhotep, his vizier.--Wikipedia. Note: Imhotep - Egyptian sage and astrologer, later worshiped as the god of medicine ... remembered as a skilled physician as well as the architect of the step-pyramid at Saqqara.--Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, Credo Reference Database. Note: See (also) image with File Name: step_pyramid_030; both images are possibly from same book / source.
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6cz3qjk
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 335299
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz3qjk
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