TM 220435
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also known as Pulcino della Minerva; Elephant and Obelisk
Provenance: Sais (Sa el-Hagar) - Egypt (5th Lower Egyptian nomeThe Egyptian nome ca. 3rd cent. BC - AegyptusThe Roman provincia ca. 2nd cent. AD) [written]
Rome - Italy (LatiumThe region ca. 3rd cent. BC - Latium et Campania (Regio I)The Roman provincia ca. 2nd cent. AD) [find place & preservation]
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_obelisks_in_Rome): originally one of a pair from Sais; brought to Rome by Diocletianus for the nearby Temple of Isis; found in 1665 and erected in 1667 by Pope Alexander VII on an Elephant base by Bernini, behind the Pantheon in Piazza della Minerva.
Language/script: Hieroglyphic
Material: stone (granite, red) — obelisk
Note: forms a pair with TM 220436 (now in Urbino, Piazza del Rinascimento)
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