Offering Table with a Dedication of Ammonios, Parine, Potamon, and Emesous to the Nile
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Object Label
Vessels made in the Minoan kingdom of Crete and at the city of Mycenae in Greece appear in many Eighteenth Dynasty sites. Precisely what materials were shipped in these pots is uncertain, but they probably contained traditional Aegean products such as sesame or olive oil.
Caption
Graeco-Egyptian. Offering Table with a Dedication of Ammonios, Parine, Potamon, and Emesous to the Nile, 30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Limestone, 3 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (9.5 × 27.3 × 31.5 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, 16.440. Creative Commons-BY
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Title
Offering Table with a Dedication of Ammonios, Parine, Potamon, and Emesous to the Nile
Date
30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.
Period
Early Roman Period (probably)
Geography
Reportedly from: Shibin el Qanatir, Egypt
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
3 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (9.5 × 27.3 × 31.5 cm)
Inscriptions
In fulfillment of a vow of Ammonios and his wife Parine, on the 9th of Epeiph. Also Potamon and Emesous of Dioskoryna. For the river.
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
Accession Number
16.440
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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