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<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_front_PS2.jpg)
Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_front_PS2.jpg)
<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_front_PS2.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_front_PS2.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_view3.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_view3.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_side_PS2.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_side_PS2.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_top_PS2.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_top_PS2.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_view1.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_view1.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_NegCEG1551_print_bw.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_NegCEG1551_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_NegCEG1550_print_bw.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_NegCEG1550_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_NegCEG1548_print_bw.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_NegCEG1548_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_NegCEG1549_print_bw.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_NegCEG1549_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_bodyparts.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.620_bodyparts.jpg)

<em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_view2.jpg)

Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_view2.jpg)

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Fragment of a Left Hand

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Basalt
  • Reportedly From: Koptos (Qift), Egypt
    • DATES 285-246 B.C.
    PERIOD Ptolemaic Period
    DIMENSIONS 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS Yes
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.620
    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
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    CAPTION Fragment of a Left Hand, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_front_PS2.jpg)
    IMAGE front, 16.620_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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    <em>Fragment of a Left Hand</em>, 285-246 B.C. Basalt, 4 7/16 x 4 7/16 in. (11.2 x 11.2 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, 16.620. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.620_front_PS2.jpg)

    TAGS

    285 - 246 B.C.E.
    Basalts
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Fragment
    Hand
    Koptos
    Left
    Ptolemaic Period

    TAGS

    285 - 246 B.C.E.
    Basalts
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Fragment
    Hand
    Koptos
    Left
    Ptolemaic Period

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