Title: Fragments of a Palm Column
Object type: Column, capital, Unis ?
Date: ca. 2353–2323 B.C.
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 5
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.
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1907
Geography: Possibly from     Memphite Region Saqqara    
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY