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Obelisque d'Heliopolis (Matariya)
Gabriel Lekegianabout 1870–1890
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A tall stone obelisk with a single column of hieroglyphs on each side. A group of men are gathered around the base of the obelisk.
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Details
- Title: Obelisque d'Heliopolis (Matariya)
- Creator: G. Lekegian
- Date Created: about 1870–1890
- Location Created: Cairo, Egypt
- Physical Dimensions: 27.1 × 20.7 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XM.1407.3
- Culture: French
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: G. Lekegian (French, active Paris, France and Egypt 1870s - 1890s)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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