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Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view01.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view01.jpg)
Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view01.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view01.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view02.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view02.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view03.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view03.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view04.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view04.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view05.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view05.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view06.jpg)

Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view06.jpg)

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Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Graeco-Egyptian
MEDIUM Granite
DATES ca. 217–212 B.C.E.
PERIOD Ptolemaic Period
DIMENSIONS 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 cm)  (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS To King Ptolemy and Queen Arsinoe, gods, Philopatores, and to Sarapis and Isis, Lichas, son of Pyrrhus the Akarnanian, commander dispatched for the hunt of the elephants a second time.
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.89
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
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Oblong black basalt slab with seven incised lines of Greek recording an Elephant Hunt of Ptolemy IV Philopater. Condition: Good cutting.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Graeco-Egyptian. Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view01.jpg)
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Graeco-Egyptian. <em>Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator and Arsinoe III and to Sarapis and Isis</em>, ca. 217–212 B.C.E. Granite, 7 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 13 9/16 in. (19.3 × 4.8 × 34.5 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, 16.89. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.89_view01.jpg)

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