AR / ITEM / 00100148
Plate I
Obelisk of King Ramesses II
Ancient Egyptian · maker unknown
The 16-metre granite obelisk of Ramesses II from Tanis, now suspended above the entrance plaza so visitors can view the royal cartouches carved on its underside.
- Date
- New Kingdom, Dynasty 19
- Collection
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Reference
- 21331
Record
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Medium
- Granite
- Dimensions
- Height 1550 cm; width 174 cm; length 184 cm
- Origin
- Egypt
In the Tapestry
- Culture of origin
- Ancient EgyptA
- Culture of origin
- Egyptian EmpireA
Provenance and history
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19
CreatedA
Sources
- A
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