Fragments of a Palm Column

Unknown Artist

ca. 2353–2323 B.C.

Fragments of a Palm Column by Unknown Artist

Medium

Granite

Dimensions

Diameter beneath the ropes of the neck 80.85 cm (31 13/16 in.); width of the abacus 84 cm (33 1/16 in.). The total height of the modern reconstruction (2.12 m (83 7/16 in.)) seems to be much too high.

Classification

Column, capital, Unis ?

Period

Old Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1907

Accession Number

07.229.2a, b

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