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<em>Scribe's Inkwell</em>, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_37.80E_NegGrpA_cropped_print_bw.jpg)
Scribe's Inkwell, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_37.80E_NegGrpA_cropped_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Scribe's Inkwell</em>, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_37.80E_NegGrpA_cropped_print_bw.jpg)

Scribe's Inkwell, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_37.80E_NegGrpA_cropped_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Scribe's Inkwell</em>, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_view1.jpg)

Scribe's Inkwell, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_view1.jpg)

<em>Scribe's Inkwell</em>, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_view2.jpg)

Scribe's Inkwell, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_view2.jpg)

<em>Scribe's Inkwell</em>, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.139_threequarter_PS9.jpg)

Scribe's Inkwell, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.139_threequarter_PS9.jpg)

<em>Scribe's Inkwell</em>, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.139_top_PS9.jpg)

Scribe's Inkwell, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.139_top_PS9.jpg)

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Scribe's Inkwell

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
DATES 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
DYNASTY Dynasty 26
PERIOD Late Period to early Roman Period
DIMENSIONS 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.139
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
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small oblong blue-green faience scribe's inkwell with two circular openings with cartouche outline around each rim. Condition: Entire piece badly chipped. Glaze badly worn; of poor workmanship.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Scribe's Inkwell, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_37.80E_NegGrpA_cropped_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.16.139_37.80E_NegGrpA_cropped_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2011
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<em>Scribe's Inkwell</em>, 664 B.C.E.-395 C.E. Faience, 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 5.1 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, 16.139. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.139_37.80E_NegGrpA_cropped_print_bw.jpg)

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