Offering Table with a Dedication of Ammonios, Parine, Potamon, and Emesous to the Nile
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Graeco-Egyptian 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.
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
An artifact with Greek inscriptions surrounding two rectangular openings.
The artifact is a rectangular stone slab featuring two vertical, hollowed-out openings. Surrounding these openings are inscriptions composed of Greek letters. The piece appears to have been carefully carved and displays wear consistent with age. The inscriptions are clear and legible, indicating that Greek script was used for either functional or decorative purposes.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.440 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9691 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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