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  • Title: Fragments of a Palm Column
  • Date Created: ca. 2353–2323 B.C.
  • Physical 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.
  • Type: Column, capital, Unis ?
  • External Link: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551092
  • Medium: Granite
  • Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
  • Period: Old Kingdom

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