Kom Ombo North Quarry (Desert Quarry Road)
Kom Ombo North Quarry · Hills of Kom Ombo North · Quarry Road North
Ptolemaic to Roman (180 BCE–200 CE)·Ptolemaic / Roman (Upper Egypt)·🇪🇬 Aswan Governorate, Kom Ombo desert 8 km north of double temple, quarry road to Silsila, Egypt
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About Kom Ombo North Quarry (Desert Quarry Road)
Quarry road station for Kom Ombo double temple (Sobek-Haroeris), this spur shows 500 m quarry face with chisel marks, unfinshed naos 3 m block stuck in face, workers' huts (30, stone circles with hearths, Bes amulets), desert rock inscriptions (Greek quarry dedications, demotic ostraca), and drinking trough (6 m). Drain channel to Nile. Load ramp 12 m.
Why it mattersQuarry road logistics textbook for Ptolemaic temple building with stuck block failure.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Naos dating
- 02Quarry road continuity
Theories
- 01Klemm quarry corpus
- 02Fitzler Ptolemaic works
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Ptolemaic quarry c.180 BCE–30 BCE for Kom Ombo build
- Period
- Ptolemaic to Roman (180 BCE–200 CE)
- Culture
- Ptolemaic / Roman (Upper Egypt)
- Builders
- Ptolemaic quarrymen
- Purpose
- Construction logistics satellite for Kom Ombo dodecaschoenus
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
180 BCE
Quarry opened for Kom Ombo stage I
80 BCE
Unfinished naos stuck
c.50 CE
Greek quarry inscriptions
On the ground
Structures & features
24.5210° N · 32.9350° E · 110 m · 2 mapped features
Unfinished Naos Block
quarry3×2×2 m naos stuck in face with wedge split failure
24.5220° N · 32.9360° EWorkers' Hut Circles
settlement30 stone circle huts 3 m dia with Bes amulet scatter and trough
24.5200° N · 32.9340° E
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