Fragment of a Hollow Cylinder
Description
Caption: Fragment of a Hollow Cylinder, 3rd–4th century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 5 9/16 × Diam. 1 5/8 in. (14.2 × 4.2 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, 16.269. (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.
An ancient artifact with three carved faces in a vertical arrangement.
This artifact features three intricately carved human-like faces set within circular frames. The style is indicative of traditional Egyptian artistic motifs with symmetric composition. The carving is detailed, with each face distinctly represented in relief, though some wear is visible on the facial features.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.269 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9527 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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