[Egyptian obelisk of Psammetichus II, Rome]

[Egyptian obelisk of Psammetichus II, Rome]

Photograph

John Shaw Smith

Maker
British, 1811–1873

[Egyptian obelisk of Psammetichus II, Rome]

1850–52
Salted paper print
Image: 6 7/8 × 7 13/16 in. (17.5 × 19.9 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: This obelisk made by Psamlicus 2nd the successor \ to Pharoah Neco 600 BC.
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