Parts of this column were found during excavations at Heliopolis (Tell Hisn). It is formed of a high limestone stand, a sandstone base and a red granite shaft and abacus. Inscriptions on the column commemorate King Merenptah’s victory in a war he waged in his fifth regnal year against transgressors on Egyptian borders. Scenes on the column show the king receiving a mace from goddess Anath and the sword of victory from the deities Amun, Re-Horakhty, Seth, Montu and Sekhmet. Slightly above the column base are bearded captives bound with ropes accompanied by a concise record of the battle and the received spoils of war. The discovery of this column points to the presence of a temple dedicated by Merenptah to the principal deities of Heliopolis.