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<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view01.jpg)
Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view01.jpg)
<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view07.jpg)

Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view07.jpg)

<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view05.jpg)

Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view05.jpg)

<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view06.jpg)

Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view06.jpg)

<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view08.jpg)

Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view08.jpg)

<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view03.jpg)

Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view03.jpg)

<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view01.jpg)

Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view01.jpg)

<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view02.jpg)

Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view02.jpg)

<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view04.jpg)

Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view04.jpg)

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Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone, pigment
DATES ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E.
DYNASTY Dynasty 4
PERIOD Old Kingdom
DIMENSIONS 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 34.1179
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.34.1179_view01.jpg., 2018
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<em>Block with Hieroglyphic Inscription</em>, ca. 2625–2500 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/4 × 2 3/8 × 10 1/16 in. (15.8 × 6.1 × 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1179. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1179_view01.jpg)

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