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-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small terracotta figurine depicting a female figure, shown frontally with a painted face and body details, surviving mainly in the torso and head with a flaring skirt/arms suggested by the form.
The object appears to be a standing/bust-length terracotta figurine of a female. The head is rounded with simplified painted facial features (eyes with dark circular pupils, a nose shape, and a central mouth). The upper body is tapering and painted in dark and reddish-brown tones. A patterned painted garment covers the torso and extends downward; at the lower body the figure widens slightly, suggesting a skirt or drapery. Prominent areas of white/cream paint are preserved in patches along the garment and around the face and body; the surface is heavily worn and flaked, with most original pigment lost. No clear carved hieroglyphs or legible text are visible on the exposed surfaces. No cartouches or royal names are identifiable. No overt deity attributes (e.g., clear crowns, specific identifying regalia) are sufficiently distinct to name a specific goddess with confidence.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.161 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9437 tier-2
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- 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.
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