Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Inlay Head of Akhenaten
Description
Caption: Inlay Head of Akhenaten, ca. 1925. Jasper, 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Ernst Ascher, 51.244. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 profile of an ancient Egyptian head carved in stone.
The image depicts a carved stone relief showing a profile view of a head believed to represent an Egyptian royal or deity, characterized by the elongated shape. The carving style is typical of detailed reliefs, with attention paid to facial features and headgear typical of royal iconography.
royal
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
stone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 51.244 tier-2
- BKM-Object 65688 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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