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Obelisk.
Persistent link:
https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A59378
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Details
Title
Obelisk.
Physical Description
Black marble ; 23 x 8 x 8 inches.
Notes
An inscription on the side reads: "Model of the only obelisk now standing at Heliopolis the One of the Scriptures erected by Osortseen the 1st, the earliest of the Pharaohs whose name is found in the Hieroglyphics.”
Subject
Obelisks.
Hieroglyphics.
Sculpture, Egyptian.
Genre
Sculpture.
Location
OBJ 507
Accession number
OBJ 507
In Collections
Art and Artifacts Collection
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