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<em>Circular Disk</em>, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.321_overall.JPG)
Circular Disk, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.321_overall.JPG)
<em>Circular Disk</em>, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.321_overall.JPG)

Circular Disk, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.321_overall.JPG)

<em>Circular Disk</em>, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.321_back.JPG)

Circular Disk, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.321_back.JPG)

<em>Circular Disk</em>, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.321_view01.jpg)

Circular Disk, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.321_view01.jpg)

<em>Circular Disk</em>, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.321_view02.jpg)

Circular Disk, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.321_view02.jpg)

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Circular Disk

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Gold
  • Reportedly From: Zagazig (Bubastis), Egypt
    • DATES 1st–2nd century C.E.
    PERIOD Ptolemaic Period (possibly)
    DIMENSIONS 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.321
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Circular gold disk decorated around edge with dots in repousse. Suspension loop at top. Soldered to front surface an irregular oblong plaque with nude male figure in high relief. Probably a Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt. The figure in relief may be a copy of a bronze statue. The figure is nude except for a scarf thrown around his shoulders. His left hand supports a long staff and he carries an unidentified object in his right hand. Another unidentified object stands at his feet. Possibly an altar. He wears the intef crown. Condition: Disk broken in two places on circumference--otherwise good.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Circular Disk, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.321_overall.JPG)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.321_overall.JPG. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2023
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    <em>Circular Disk</em>, 1st–2nd century C.E. Gold, 1/8 × 3/4 × 15/16 in. (0.3 × 1.9 × 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.321. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.321_overall.JPG)

    TAGS

    Estate of Charles Edwin Wilbour
    Circular Disk
    1st-2nd Century C.E.
    Pendant
    raised dots
    Eight sided Ingot
    male Figure
    atef-crown
    disk
    animal
    loop
    Gold
    Egypt
    Ptolemaic Period
    Repoussé
    nude

    TAGS

    Estate of Charles Edwin Wilbour
    Circular Disk
    1st-2nd Century C.E.
    Pendant
    raised dots
    Eight sided Ingot
    male Figure
    atef-crown
    disk
    animal
    loop
    Gold
    Egypt
    Ptolemaic Period
    Repoussé
    nude

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