Fragmentary Altar?
- Title:
- Fragmentary Altar?
- Date:
- 305-30 B.C.E., or later
- Description:
-
Bronze altar of typical Hellenistic form, for burning incense. Square receptacle with pointed corners. On each side different appliqués; lions' heads holding rings, fish, and a bust of Serapis. The hollow shaft decorated with incised bands. Condition: Fragmentary. The piece has lost its base, some kind of supports at the corners, as indicated by holes on them, and nearly half of the spreading sides of the altar.
- Holding institution:
- Brooklyn Museum
- Data provider:
- Brooklyn Museum
- Extent:
- Width of altar floor 4 3/16 x Diam. 2 13/16 x Length of altar floor 4 3/16 in. (10.7 x 7.1 x 10.7 cm)
- Medium:
- Bronze
- Provenance:
-
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Geographic region:
- Syria
Tell el-Yahudiya (Leontopolis), Egypt - Time period:
- Ptolemaic Period or later
- Rights:
- Creative Commons-BY
- Identifier:
- Accession Number: 37.1592E
- Is part of:
- Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Type:
- Furniture
- Type (Broader):
- Object
- Type (Narrower):
- Furniture