Aswan - Ptolemaic Temple

At the south end of the town is a small Ptolemaic temple (unfinished and poorly preserved) built by Euergetes I and Philopator and dedicated to Isis of Syene.

The main doorway is crowned by a cavetto cornice. On the left hand door post, above, Euergetes presents an image of the goddess Maat to Amun; below, Euergetes in the presence of Min-Amun and of Mut and Isis. On the lintel Euergetes (in one case accompanied by his wife Berenice) is depicted before various gods. Within the doorway the King is shown in the presence of Thoth (right) and Harsiesis (left), with an inscription above each scene. The interior consists of a hall with two pillars in which are several bases for statues and sacred boats, and three chapels. On the rear wall of the middle chapel are reliefs depicting Euergetes (accompanied in one scene by Berenice) in the presence of the deities of Syene.