Nilometer / Column capital / creation date: 861 CE, 247 AH

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Work Title: Nilometer
View Title: Column capital
Creator/Culture: Egyptian
Image Creator/Culture: photographer: Christiane Gruber
Site/Repository: Site: Rhoda Island, Cairo (Egypt)
Period/Date: creation date: 861 CE, 247 AH
Media/Technique: brick
Subjects: Water gauges; Measuring devices; Nile River; Cairo (Egypt); Nilometer
Work Record ID: 569409
Image Record ID: 1365630
Digital filename: 14d000326
HART Image Order Number: 290020
Date Added/Updated: 2014-02-21 00:36:43

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 3072 x 2005
File Size: 392 KB
Record: 1365630
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1365630/14d000326

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 1365630. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-1365630/14d000326. July 11, 2025.