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Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_transp5428.jpg)
Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_transp5428.jpg)
Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_transp5428.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_transp5428.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: , 47.218.88_47.218.93a-b_47.218.94a-b_GRPA_bw_SL1.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: , 47.218.88_47.218.93a-b_47.218.94a-b_GRPA_bw_SL1.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negF_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negF_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negG_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negG_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negH_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negH_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negI_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negI_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negJ1_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negJ1_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negJ2_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negJ2_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negK1_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negK1_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negK2_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negK2_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negK3_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negK3_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negL_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negL_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negM_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negM_infra-red_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negN_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_negN_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94a-b_NegB_SL1.jpg)

Aramaic. House Sale, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94a-b_NegB_SL1.jpg)

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House Sale

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Aramaic
MEDIUM Papyrus, ink, mud
DATES December 12, 402 B.C.E.
DYNASTY XXVII Dynasty
PERIOD Late Period
DIMENSIONS a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm) a: Object: 12 15/16 x 24 5/8 in. (32.8 x 62.5 cm) Seal: 11/16 x 1 1/16 in. (1.8 x 2.7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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ACCESSION NUMBER 47.218.94a-b
CREDIT LINE Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
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Aramaic. <em>House Sale</em>, December 12, 402 B.C.E. Papyrus, ink, mud, a: Glass: 14 13/16 x 15 3/16 in. (37.7 x 38.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 47.218.94a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.218.94_transp5428.jpg)

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