<em>Bowl with Incised Rosette on Base</em>, 400–200 B.C.E. Silver, 3 3/8 x 4 7/16 in., 0.6 lb. (8.5 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 55.183. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 55.183_view1_PS2.jpg)

Bowl with Incised Rosette on Base, 400–200 B.C.E. Silver, 3 3/8 x 4 7/16 in., 0.6 lb. (8.5 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 55.183. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 55.183_view1_PS2.jpg)

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Bowl with Incised Rosette on Base

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

This bowl was part of a hoard of silver vessels and other objects found in Egypt near the chapel of a Near Eastern goddess. It may have been made by Egyptians, but its style reflects the taste of the Achaemenid Persians who ruled Egypt during the late fifth and early fourth centuries B.C.E.

MEDIUM Silver

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS

Place made: Iran
Place found: Tell el-Maskhuta, Egypt

DATES 400–200 B.C.E.

DYNASTY late Dynasty 27, or later

PERIOD Achaemenid Period, or later

DIMENSIONS 3 3/8 x 4 7/16 in., 0.6 lb. (8.5 x 11.3 cm) Weight: 0.3kg (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 55.183

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

EXHIBITIONS

Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Bowl with Incised Rosette on Base, 400–200 B.C.E. Silver, 3 3/8 x 4 7/16 in., 0.6 lb. (8.5 x 11.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 55.183. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 55.183_view1_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 55.183_view1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009

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