Papyrus-bundle column
1991–1780 B.C.
FindspotBubastis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGranite
DimensionsHeight x diameter x Circumference: 458.8 x 125 x 392 cm (180 5/8 x 49 3/16 x 154 5/16 in.)
Other (Base): 55.8cm (21 15/16in.)
Other (Base): 55.8cm (21 15/16in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number89.556a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
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ProvenanceBubastis, great temple of Bastet, hypostyle hall. 1887–88: excavated by Edouard Naville for the Egypt Exploration Fund; awarded to the Egypt Exploration Fund by the government of Egypt; 1889: April 12, 1888, presented to the MFA at the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Egypt Exploration Fund, through the Reverend W. C. Winslow. (Accession Date: January 1, 1889)
874–850 B.C.
1349–1336 B.C.
1352–1336 B.C.
1349–1335 B.C.
699–500 B.C.
874–712 B.C.
2649–2139 B.C.
360–343 B.C.