Weight or Polishing Stone

ca. 1539–712 B.C.E.

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Caption

Weight or Polishing Stone, ca. 1539–712 B.C.E.. Hematite, 1 7/8 × 1 1/16 in., 0.2 lb. (4.8 × 2.7 cm, 92.8 g). 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, 16.580.75.

Title

Weight or Polishing Stone

Date

ca. 1539–712 B.C.E.

Dynasty

Dynasty 18 to Dynasty 23

Period

New Kingdom to Third Intermediate Period

Medium

Hematite

Classification

Weights/Measures

Dimensions

1 7/8 × 1 1/16 in., 0.2 lb. (4.8 × 2.7 cm, 92.8 g)

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

16.580.75

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