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Capital

Egyptian
A.D. 500 ?
Object Place: Byzantine

Medium/Technique Limestone
Dimensions Overall: 20 x 23 x 18.5 cm (7 7/8 x 9 1/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number05.285
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsArchitectural elements

DescriptionTwo sides only carved.
ProvenanceFrom Ihnasya el-Medina (Herakleoplis Magna). 1903-1904: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; 1905, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: January 1, 1905)