Weight with Inscription
1 of 6
Caption
Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E.. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
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Culture
Title
Weight with Inscription
Date
6th century C.E.
Period
Late Antique Period
Medium
Bronze, silver
Classification
Dimensions
1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g)
Inscriptions
"Monogram of Chi Rho (closed Rho); initial Alpha," according to the Index of Christian Art.
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
Accession Number
16.359
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