Dedication to Ptolemy VI Philometor
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Greek. Dedication to Ptolemy VI Philometor, 222/1–205 B.C.E.. Limestone, 9 1/2 × 11 9/16 in. (24.2 × 29.4 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, 16.632. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Culture
Title
Dedication to Ptolemy VI Philometor
Date
222/1–205 B.C.E.
Period
Ptolemaic Period
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
9 1/2 × 11 9/16 in. (24.2 × 29.4 cm)
Inscriptions
To King Ptolemy the god Philometor, on behalf of Hippalos, of the First Friends, Epistragetos, priest of Ptolemy Soter and of Ptolemy Epiphanes and Eucharistos, Nichomachos, priest of Zeusm (dedicates) this altar.
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
16.632
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