Caption

Egyptian. Coptic Ostracon, 332 B.C.E.–642 C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 2 1/16 x 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. (5.3 x 0.9 x 9.6 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, 16.580.474.

Culture

Egyptian

Title

Coptic Ostracon

Date

332 B.C.E.–642 C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period to Late Antique Period

Medium

Terracotta, pigment

Classification

Document

Dimensions

2 1/16 x 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. (5.3 x 0.9 x 9.6 cm)

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

16.580.474

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