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Caption

Statuette Base of Ia-Ib, Wood, 4 7/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (11.2 × 6.1 × 2.9 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, 16.580.196. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Statuette Base of Ia-Ib

Dynasty

Dynasty 12

Period

Middle Kingdom

Geography

Place made: Thebes, Egypt

Medium

Wood

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

4 7/16 × 2 3/8 × 1 1/8 in. (11.2 × 6.1 × 2.9 cm)

Inscriptions

"Offerings which the king gives to Ptah-Sokar. May he give invocation offerings, meat and fowl and linen to the Ka of the royal servant Ia-ib, true of voice"

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

16.580.196

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