Palm-capital column
2649–2139 B.C.
FindspotHerakleopolis Magna, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGranite
DimensionsHeight: 494 cm (194 1/2 in.)
Height of shaft: 361 cm (142 1/8 in.)
Height of binding: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Height of capital: 106 cm (41 3/4 in.)
Diameter of shaft at base: 73.9 cm (29 1/16 in.)
Diameter of shaft at binding: 63.4 cm (24 15/16 in.)
Diameter of capital: 119.8 cm (47 1/8 in.)
Height of base 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Height of shaft: 361 cm (142 1/8 in.)
Height of binding: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Height of capital: 106 cm (41 3/4 in.)
Diameter of shaft at base: 73.9 cm (29 1/16 in.)
Diameter of shaft at binding: 63.4 cm (24 15/16 in.)
Diameter of capital: 119.8 cm (47 1/8 in.)
Height of base 12 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number91.259
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Not on viewClassificationsArchitectural elements
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ProvenanceFrom Ihnasya el-Medina (Herakleopolis Magna), temple of Harsaphes, portico. 1890-1891: excavated by Edouard Naville for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 1891, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: December 8, 1891)
874–850 B.C.
1349–1336 B.C.
1352–1336 B.C.
1349–1335 B.C.
699–500 B.C.
1991–1780 B.C.
874–712 B.C.
360–343 B.C.