Female Head
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Coptic Caption: Coptic. Female Head, 5th–6th century C.E.. Clay, pigment, 2 7/16 x 2 11/16 x 1 13/16 in. (6.2 x 6.8 x 4.6 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, 16.232. (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.
The image shows a small terracotta/clay sculpted female head with painted facial features and a stylized wig hairstyle.
A fragmentary but front-facing sculpture depicts a human head and neck rendered in light-colored clay. The figure has incised facial details (arched eyebrows, large eyes with painted pupils/irises, and a defined mouth) and a stylized wig or headdress carved in rounded, ribbed locks over the forehead and around the sides. The back and top are broken/unfinished, and the neck terminates at the bottom edge of the object. Small dark areas on the cheeks/neck may be remnants of pigment or firing/handling marks. No readable inscriptions or hieroglyphic text are visible in the image; the only markings are sculptural lines and pigment remnants. The object appears consistent with a Late Antique Egyptian clay head with pigment decoration, matching the catalogue’s “Female Head” subject and materials.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.232 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9498 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.
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