Sneferu Pyramid Temple Ceiling Images from the New Kingdom

Images of the temple entrance ceiling from the Sneferu Pyramid Temple, dating to the New Kingdom's 19th Dynasty. The dataset includes files in PDF, PNG, JPG, and TIF formats, totaling 21.8 MB. It is published by Chloe Agar under a CC-BY-4.0 license, with images sourced from the Griffith Institute Archive and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Use Cases

• Analyze architectural features of a pyramid temple based on the described temple entrance and ceiling imagery.
• Study decorative motifs from the New Kingdom period based on the described dipinto.
• Conduct digital preservation or condition assessment of archaeological sites based on the high-resolution image formats available.

Strengths

• Includes images from two established institutions: the Griffith Institute and the Penn Museum.
• Available in multiple high-resolution formats (PDF, PNG, JPG, TIF).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Griffith Institute Archive; University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

Collection Method

Photographic documentation of an archaeological site.

Time Range

New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty (c. 1292–1189 BCE).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 11:19:09; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sneferu Pyramid Temple, Egypt.