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[Elephantine Island, Aswan]
Unknownabout 1865–1875
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
An island covered in ruins in the middle of the Nile River. A man in robes and a turban is sitting on top of the ruins of a building with a single arch remaining. There is a river barge docked just off shore behind the island.
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Details
- Title: [Elephantine Island, Aswan]
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: about 1865–1875
- Location Created: Aswan, Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: 20.8 × 26.4 cm (8 3/16 × 10 3/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XP.1429.78
- Culture: Egyptian
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Unknown maker, Egyptian
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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