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Byzantine. <em>Flabellum</em>, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197_ICA.jpg)
Byzantine. Flabellum, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197_ICA.jpg)
Byzantine. <em>Flabellum</em>, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197_ICA.jpg)

Byzantine. Flabellum, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197_ICA.jpg)

Byzantine. <em>Flabellum</em>, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Byzantine. Flabellum, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Byzantine. <em>Flabellum</em>, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.197_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Byzantine. Flabellum, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.197_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Byzantine. <em>Flabellum</em>, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Byzantine. Flabellum, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.197_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Byzantine. <em>Flabellum</em>, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197a_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Byzantine. Flabellum, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197a_detail02_ICA.jpg)

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Flabellum

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Byzantine
MEDIUM Iron
DATES early 14th century C.E.
PERIOD Late Byzantine Period
DIMENSIONS 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 36.197
CREDIT LINE Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Byzantine. Flabellum, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197_ICA.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.36.197_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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Byzantine. <em>Flabellum</em>, early 14th century C.E. Iron, 10 1/2 x Diam. 5 1/16 in. (26.7 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund and Henry L. Batterman Fund, 36.197. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.36.197_ICA.jpg)

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