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Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2_PS1.jpg)
Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2_PS1.jpg)
Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2_PS1.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2_PS1.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.71.39.2_unearthing_coptic.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.71.39.2_unearthing_coptic.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail03_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail03_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail04_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail04_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail05_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail05_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail06_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail06_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail07_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail07_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail08_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.71.39.2_detail08_ICA.jpg)

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Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

The most common image of the deceased in pagan burials was a figure of a boy standing or seated in a niche. The seated boy here holds a dove and a bunch of grapes. These objects may also have been held by the standing figure, but his hands and especially his head have been recut and repainted in modern times. That is why those features appear to be in perfect condition, in contrast to the partially preserved color on his red robe.
This text refers to these objects: 71.39.2; 58.129
CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Limestone, ancient and modern paint
  • Reportedly From: El Behnasa (Oxyrhynchus), Egypt
    • DATES 4th–5th century C.E.
    PERIOD Late Antique Period
    DIMENSIONS 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 71.39.2
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Coptic. Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2_PS1.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 71.39.2_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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    Coptic. <em>Funerary Stela with Boy Seated in a Niche</em>, 4th–5th century C.E. Limestone, ancient and modern paint, 26 9/16 x 12 5/8 x 6 3/16 in. (67.5 x 32 x 15.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.39.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.39.2_PS1.jpg)

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    Funerary
    Stela
    Boy
    Seated
    Niche
    Limestone
    4th century C.E.
    5th century C.E.
    Oxyrhynchos
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Late Antique Egyptian Period

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    Funerary
    Stela
    Boy
    Seated
    Niche
    Limestone
    4th century C.E.
    5th century C.E.
    Oxyrhynchos
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Late Antique Egyptian Period

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