Fragments of a Palm Column
Unknown Artist
ca. 2353–2323 B.C.
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