text: A second , deeply eroded stone obelisk is known as the Column of Constantine Porphyrogenitus , as an inscription on its base records that the emperor of that name ( a.d.913 959 ) had it restored and sheathed in gilded bronze plates .
  
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  The inscription on the obelisk says that Constantine Porphyrogenitus wanted to have it torn down , but never got around to it .