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Coptic. <em>Weight with Inscription</em>, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.359_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.359_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. <em>Weight with Inscription</em>, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.359_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.359_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Weight with Inscription</em>, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.359_view01.jpg)

Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.359_view01.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Weight with Inscription</em>, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.359_print_negA_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.359_print_negA_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Weight with Inscription</em>, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.359_print_negB_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.359_print_negB_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Weight with Inscription</em>, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.359_view03.jpg)

Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.359_view03.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Weight with Inscription</em>, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.359_view02.jpg)

Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.359_view02.jpg)

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Weight with Inscription

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Bronze, silver
DATES 6th century C.E.
PERIOD Late Antique Period
DIMENSIONS 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g)  (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS "Monogram of Chi Rho (closed Rho); initial Alpha," according to the Index of Christian Art.
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.359
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
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Coptic. Weight with Inscription, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.359_ICA.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.16.359_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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Coptic. <em>Weight with Inscription</em>, 6th century C.E. Bronze, silver, 1/4 × 7/16 × 1/2 in. (0.6 × 1.1 × 1.2 cm, 6.73 g). 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, 16.359. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.359_ICA.jpg)

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Coptic
Egypt
Egyptian
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Silver
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Square
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Bronze
Coptic
Egypt
Egyptian
Period
Silver
Small
Square
Weight

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