short column

A very common form in Greco–Roman times is the cippus , a short column, like an altar.

Buried under this short column of powdery earth, will it be able to gain the surface?

Both arise from the summit of a very short column and twist in all directions forming a tassel or tuft.

Here the atmosphere presses upon the short column; but not upon the long one.

The floor is unoccupied, save by the short column marking the centre of the world.