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<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view3.jpg)
Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view3.jpg)
<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view3.jpg)

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view3.jpg)

<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view5.jpg)

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view5.jpg)

<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view8.jpg)

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view8.jpg)

<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view6.jpg)

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view6.jpg)

<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view4.jpg)

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view4.jpg)

<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view7.jpg)

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view7.jpg)

<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.91_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.91_bw_IMLS.jpg)

<em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY ca. Dynasty 19
    PERIOD New Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.91
    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 Small unfinished round-topped limestone stela. Figure of Ptah within a shrine at left. No inscription. Mediocre workmanship. Piece is of interest as an unfinished specimen. Shrine blocked out. Lower part of figure of Ptah more or less finished. Upper part only outlined. May be the work of an apprentice. Probably a votive stela. Condition: Limestone extremely soft and powdering. Probably some salts in piece and should be soaked. Top chipped. Back very roughly hewn.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view3.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.91_view3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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    <em>Unfinished Votive Stela of Ptah</em>, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 × 3 3/8 × 3/4 in. (14.1 × 8.6 × 1.9 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, 16.91. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.91_view3.jpg)

    TAGS

    1539 - 1075 B.C.E.
    19th Dynasty
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Limestone
    New Kingdom
    Ramesside Age
    Stela
    Unfinished

    TAGS

    1539 - 1075 B.C.E.
    19th Dynasty
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Limestone
    New Kingdom
    Ramesside Age
    Stela
    Unfinished

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