Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Head of Akhenaten Made in Two Pieces
Description
Caption: Head of Akhenaten Made in Two Pieces, 1942–1943 C.E.. Limestone, 4 1/16 × 3 5/8 in. (10.3 × 9.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jean Tano, 47.88a-b.
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A fragmentary sculpture of a head, potentially from an ancient Egyptian statue.
The image depicts a fragmentary stone sculpture of a head, possibly of a pharaoh or deity. The head shows detailed carving, with visible features including the nose and mouth, though it is heavily damaged and incomplete. The style appears characteristic of classical Egyptian artistry, with proportional facial features and a calm expression.
royal
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 47.88a-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 60260 tier-2
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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