Stela of Basile
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Caption
Coptic. Stela of Basile, 7th century C.E.. Marble, pigment, 18 13/16 x 13 5/8 x 1 5/16 in. (47.8 x 34.6 x 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 69.36. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
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Culture
Title
Stela of Basile
Date
7th century C.E.
Period
Late Antique Period
Medium
Marble, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
18 13/16 x 13 5/8 x 1 5/16 in. (47.8 x 34.6 x 3.4 cm)
Inscriptions
"O God of Saint Asclas and of Saint Apollonios and of Saint Philemon, have mercy on the soul of the blessed Basile, thy servant, who died on the seventh day of Pachon at the beginning of the Fourteenth Indiction," as translated by the Index of Christian Art.
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
69.36
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