Palm-capital Column
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| "While the inscriptions on this palm-capital column were cut by the 13th century BC kings Ramesses II and Merneptah of Dynasty 19, the column itself was re-used from a much earlier structure. Similar palm columns were used in the temples, associated with the royal pyramids of Dynasties 5 and 6 at Saqqara and Abusir, near modern Cairo. It's likely that this column, along with others like it, was taken from one of these earlier monuments, then re-inscribed and re-used for the facade of a temple at Herakleopolis. The scenes on the column show Ramesses II offering wine to the falcon-headed god, Ra-Horakhty. " (From the info card) |
Fifth Dynasty columns at the Met Museum
