Lateran Obelisk
21811
From: Egypt | Karnak | Alexandria | Italy | Rome (Italy)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Title | Lateran Obelisk |
Object Number | 21811 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Karnak | Alexandria | Italy | Rome (Italy) |
Manufacture Location | Rome (Italy) |
Creator | Tuthmosis III | Tuthmosis IV |
Period | Eighteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom |
Date Made | 1890's |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Marble (Stone) |
Iconography | Lateran Obelisk |
Description | Model of the red granite Lateran Obelisk, from the Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome, Italy; originally from the temple of Karnak, Luxor, Egypt. Moved from Karnak to Alexandria by Constantine the Great, from Alexandria to Circus Maximus in Rome by Constantius II. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. William V. McKean, 1900 |
Other Number | ED668b - Museum Education Number |
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