Column drum
Egyptian
Roman Imperial Period, reign of Augustus
30 B.C.–A.D. 14
Object Place: Egypt, Koptos
Dimensions
Height x diameter: 42cm (16 9/16in.) x 57cm (22 7/16in.)
Accession Number
24.1811
Medium or Technique
Painted sandstone
Not On View
Collections
Classifications
Raised relief. Sandstone with gesso and traces of red pigment. Two scenes from same incomplete register: Augustus before Min and Horus and before Geb and Nut. Upper part of figures preserved (from shoulders up). Cartouches of Augustus.
Provenance
From Koptos. May-June 1923, excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1924: divsion of finds with Egyptian government.
(Accession Date: May 24, 1995)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition