Altar
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
305–30 B.C.E., or later
PERIOD
Ptolemaic Period or later
DIMENSIONS
9 5/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 5/16 in. (23.7 x 10.7 x 11 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.1614E
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Bronze altar of typical Hellenistic form, with a square receptacle with pointed corners. On each side different appliqués- visible in the photograph are busts of Serapis, uraei, and theatrical masks holding rings. Supported by a large shaft in the center, and four smaller, twisted papyrus bud pillars.
Condition: Base missing. One entire spreading side of altar top gone. Remaining corners much injured. All details encrusted and impregnated with bronze disease.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Altar, 305–30 B.C.E., or later. Bronze, 9 5/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 5/16 in. (23.7 x 10.7 x 11 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1614E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1614E_NegB_print_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall,
CUR.37.1614E_NegB_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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