ID: 700008907 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008907	Record Type: Built Work

Obelisco Vaticano (obelisk (monumental pillar); unknown Ancient Egyptian (architects); ca. 30-28 BCE; Holy See (Europe, World, Top of the TGN hierarchy))

Note: Ancient Egyptian obelist now in St. Peter's Square, in Vatican City. It was erected in 30 BCE in Egypt, and later transported from Heliopolis to Rome in 37 CE.

Titles:

Obelisco Vaticano (preferred,C,U,LC,Italian,,)

Vatican Obelisk (C,U,English,,)

Obeliscus Vaticanus (C,U,Latin,,)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

obelisk (monumental pillar) [300007021] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, monuments, <monuments by form>, monumental pillars)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: ca. 30-28 BCE

Creator Display:

unknown Ancient Egyptian (architects) [preferred]

architect unknown Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian cultural designation) [500202838]

Locations:

Current: Santa Sede [7001168] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Creation: Al Iskandarīyah [7001188] Al-Iskandarīyah governorate (governorate), Egypt (nation), Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: unavailable

Dimensions: 25.36 meters (height)

Cultures:

Ancient Egyptian (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

............... Vatican Complex

Sources and Contributors:
Obelisco Vaticano	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) [from old catalog]; accessed 19 May 2016
Vatican Obelisk	........ [VP]
	........ Curran, Obelisk, Journal of the Warburg and Courtault Institutes (1995)
Obeliscus Vaticanus	........ [VP]
	........ Platner, Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (1929)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Platner, Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (1929)

....................... Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 19 May 2016
	..... Tronzo, St. Peter's in the Vatican (2005)