Figurine of a Female
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th–7th century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 5 11/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 5/16 in. (14.5 x 7.7 x 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.161. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University))
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.
Ceremonial object made of stone, possibly a mace head with an unidentified design.
The object appears to be a stone ceremonial mace head with a symmetrical shape and holes likely used for attachment. Its surface shows wear and patination, indicating age. The flat, arrowhead-like shape with a bulbous body suggests a stylized form. The design is indistinct but suggests use in a ceremonial or symbolic context, typical of ancient iconographic objects.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.161 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9437 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.