Red granite; or part of Pompey's pillar (possibly)

possibly Roman

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4th century

Red granite

Overall: 2 7/8 × 2 11/16 in. (7.3 × 6.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Frederick Hall, Class of 1803

13.158.4255

Geography

Place Made: Alexandria, Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa

Period

1-500

Object Name

Artifact

Research Area

Classical World

Not on view

Course History

HIST 63.02, Reading Artifacts: The Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2021

HIST 63.02, Material Culture of Science, Whitney Robles, Spring 2022

History 63.02, Reading Artifacts: The Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2023

History 63.02, Reading Artifacts: The Material Culture of Science, Whitney Barlow Robles, Spring 2023

Provenance

Possibly collected by the American missionary Plink Fisk (1792-1825) ; possibly given to Frederick Hall (1780-1843), Class of 1803, date unknown; given to present collection, 1838-1841; catalogued, 1913.

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