Ostracon in the Shape of a Stela, Year 23 of Ptolemy (III Euergetes I?). Limestone, pigment, 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 9/16 in. (11.7 x 8 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1851E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1851E_view1.jpg)
Ostracon in the Shape of a Stela, Year 23 of Ptolemy (III Euergetes I?). Limestone, pigment, 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 9/16 in. (11.7 x 8 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1851E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1851E_view2.jpg)
Ostracon in the Shape of a Stela
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Limestone, pigment
DATES
Year 23 of Ptolemy (III Euergetes I?)
PERIOD
Ptolemaic Period
DIMENSIONS
4 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 9/16 in. (11.7 x 8 x 1.4 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.1851E
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Limestone ostracon in the shape of a small round-topped stela. The piece is inscribed on one side with 13 lines, and on the other side with 14 lines of demotic (black ink). The piece is thinner at the sides than in the middle. The text consists of a votive plea to the gods.
Condition: One side darkened; chips out of edge; text incomplete.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Ostracon in the Shape of a Stela, Year 23 of Ptolemy (III Euergetes I?). Limestone, pigment, 4 5/8 x 3 1/8 x 9/16 in. (11.7 x 8 x 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1851E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1851E_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.37.1851E_view1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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