Caption

Coptic. Coptic Ostracon, 332 B.C.E.–642 C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 2 9/16 x 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (6.5 x 1.3 x 8.4 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, 16.580.481.

Culture

Coptic

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 9/16 x 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (6.5 x 1.3 x 8.4 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

16.580.481

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