Granite Eqyptian obelisk c.1450BC originally installed at the Temple of Karnak. Moved to Alexandria in AD357, and then to the Hippodrome of Constantinople in AD390 at the directive of Emperor Theodosius I. Istanbul, Turkey.
Bas-relief carved on the south-west face of the marble pedestal, c.AD390. Showing Emperor Theodosius I and his family in the Imperial Box watching events in the Hippodrome.
(Both images CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 - credit: Images George Rex.)
