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Artist Unknown
CultureCoptic
Date5th century AD
MediumStone | Limestone
DimensionsOverall: 28 1/4 in. (71.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
Base: 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm)
Credit LineArthur Morris Sculpture Purchase by Virginia Morris Pollak
Object number53.57.1
Not on view
DescriptionCoptic stone column with vertical bands of acanthus leaves.

Published ReferencesIMPORTANT DOCUMENTS OF COPTIC ART, ill. pg. 11, from the Dikran G. Kekekian, Inc. Collection. VIRGINIA PILOT/LEDGER STAR, 3/28/54, pub.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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Dynasty 19, reign of Ramses II, ca. 1279-1212 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Late Period, 664-650 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 199 - 99 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Late Period, Dynasty 26, ca. 664-525 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
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Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
5th century A.D.-6th century A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1550-1295 B.C.E.
New photography captured by Shannon Ruff with a digital camera - 2006.
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New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1352 B.C.E.