According to the vertical inscription of this black siltstone obelisk (1.74 meter in height), Nectanebo set up this obelisk (and its fellow obelisk ) at the doorway of the sanctuary of Thoth, the Twice-Great, Lord of Hermopolis. From the city of Hermopolis (modern Al-Ashmunayn), central Egypt. 13th Dynasty, circa 350 BCE. Both obelisks are on display within the great court of The British Museum, London.
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