Offering Table with a Dedication of Ammonios, Parine, Potamon, and Emesous to the Nile
30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Graeco-Egyptian
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
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.
- Maker/Artist
- Graeco-Egyptian
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Limestone
- Medium
- limestone
- Locations
- Reportedly from: Shibin el Qanatir, Egypt
- Dimensions
- 3 3/4 × 10 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (9.5 × 27.3 × 31.5 cm)
- Inscribed
- 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.
- Accession Number
- 16.440
- 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
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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