Relief Bust of Serapis
Description
Caption: Relief Bust of Serapis, 3rd century C.E.. Terracotta, 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 in. (7 x 5.2 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, 16.285. (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.
The artifact appears to be a sculptural fragment with a rounded form attached to a conical base.
The image shows a fragment of what seems to be a sculptural element, possibly part of a larger structure or decoration. The artifact consists of a conical base with a roughly rounded or spherical protrusion, possibly part of a human or divine figure. The surface appears weathered, indicative of considerable age. No inscriptions or distinct decorations are visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.285 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9543 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.