Obelisk
Object type: Obelisk
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 304–30 B.C.
Medium: Sandstone
Dimensions: total 199.5 cm (78 9/16 in); shaft h. 170.5 cm (67 1/8 in), w. 15.2 cm (6 in), d. 15 cm (5 7/8in); base h. 29 cm (11 7/16 in), w. 42 cm (16 9/16 in), d. 35 cm (13 3/4 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Southern Upper Egypt Elephantine
Locale: tomb of a sacred ram
Locus: chapel
Excavation: Cledat and Clermont-Ganneau excavations, March 1907
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession year: 1911
Tags: Obelisks