Offering Table with a Dedication of Ammonios, Parine, Potamon, and Emesous to the Nile
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Caption
Graeco-Egyptian. Offering Table with a Dedication of Ammonios, Parine, Potamon, and Emesous to the Nile, 30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Limestone, 3 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (9.5 × 27.3 × 31.5 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, 16.440.
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Culture
Title
Offering Table with a Dedication of Ammonios, Parine, Potamon, and Emesous to the Nile
Date
30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.
Period
Early Roman Period (probably)
Geography
Reportedly from: Shibin el Qanatir, Egypt
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
3 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (9.5 × 27.3 × 31.5 cm)
Inscriptions
In fulfillment of a vow of Ammonios and his wife Parine, on the 9th of Epeiph. Also Potamon and Emesous of Dioskoryna. For the river.
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
16.440
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