Skip to main content

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.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number89.556a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
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)