Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Female Musician

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Female Musician, 5th–7th century C.E.. Bronze, without base: 5 15/16 x 2 1/2 in. (15.1 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 67.4. (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.

A bronze figure of an Egyptian goddess holding scepters.

The artifact portrays a goddess, likely from Egyptian mythology, crafted from bronze. She wears a headdress typical of deity representations and holds objects resembling scepters in each hand. The style and rendition indicate a focus on symmetry and divine attributes. The artifact's patina suggests age, with a possible origin in a religious or symbolic context.

religious unknown good
Deities Hathor
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Egypt
Deities Hathor
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 67.4 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 90720 tier-2
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