Jean-Claude Golvin

Saqqara in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods

Type

Drawing

Equipment used

Black ink, Blue ink, Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

Dimensions

58 x 87.8 cm (Overall) 47 x 85.5 cm (Drawing)

Period

antiquity

Geographical area

Location or theme

Saqqarah

Miscellaneous

Presentation :

Aerial view of Saqqara in Ptolemaic and Roman times. The drawing is in landscape format. It is organized within a frame drawn in ink. Inscriptions and traces of watercolor are visible in the margins.
On the right, in the foreground, are the serapeum and the underground galleries of the Apis tombs, while on the left is the animal necropolis district with the temple of Nectanebo II. Behind, the complex of Djeser and its stepped pyramid. To the left, in the upper part of the drawing, stand the pyramid of Teti and the Anubeion.

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