Altar
- Holding institution:
- Brooklyn Museum
- Data provider:
- Brooklyn Museum
- Title:
- Altar
- Date:
- 305-30 B.C.E., or later
- Description:
- Bronze altar of typical Hellenistic form, with a square receptacle with pointed corners. On each side different appliqués- visible in the photograph are busts of Serapis, uraei, and theatrical masks holding rings. Supported by a large shaft in the center, and four smaller, twisted papyrus bud pillars. Condition: Base missing. One entire spreading side of altar top gone. Remaining corners much injured. All details encrusted and impregnated with bronze disease.
- Type:
- Furniture
- Type (Narrower):
- Furniture
- Type (Broader):
- Object
- Geographic region:
- Syria
Egypt - Time period:
- Ptolemaic Period or later
- Provenance:
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Medium:
- Bronze
- Extent:
- 9 5/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 5/16 in. (23.7 x 10.7 x 11 cm)
- Rights:
- Creative Commons-BY
- Identifier:
- Accession Number: 37.1614E
- Is part of:
- Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art