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<em>Irregular Fragment</em>. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.118_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
Irregular Fragment. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.118_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Irregular Fragment</em>. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.118_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Irregular Fragment. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.118_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Irregular Fragment</em>. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.118a_SL1.jpg)

Irregular Fragment. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.118a_SL1.jpg)

<em>Irregular Fragment</em>. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.118b_SL1.jpg)

Irregular Fragment. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.118b_SL1.jpg)

<em>Irregular Fragment</em>. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.118_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Irregular Fragment. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.118_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

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Irregular Fragment

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone, ink
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DYNASTY Dynasty 18 (probably)
    PERIOD New Kingdom (probably)
    DIMENSIONS 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.118a-b
    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 Both sides covered with rectangular compartments containing figures, hieroglyphs, and hieratic signs. Possibly it was used as a guide for scribes in making inscriptions. Condition: Incomplete; numerous gaps, some of the inscriptions faded. Impossible to determine original size but to judge from the long side, the entire width is preserved. Probably about one inch of each end missing.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Irregular Fragment. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.118_NegA_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.118_NegA_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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    <em>Irregular Fragment</em>. Limestone, ink, 5 13/16 × 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (14.8 × 0.8 × 24 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, 16.118a-b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.118_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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