Statuette of the Child Horus
Description
Caption: Statuette of the Child Horus, 3rd century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 4 9/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/8 in. (11.6 x 4.5 x 2.9 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, 16.297. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 weathered terracotta statuette showing a seated/standing child-like figure with a bare chest and a distinct, bird- or falcon-like headpiece or companion figure behind the head.
The image shows a small, solid molded figurine in light grey, with heavy surface wear and flaking. The central figure appears nude or minimally dressed, with a rounded torso and simplified facial features. The head is forward-facing with a stylized face; behind/over the head there is a raised form that resembles a falcon/bird head or a secondary molded element attached to the back. The hands/arms are indistinct due to erosion; however, a cupped or resting hand shape is suggested near the lower body. The object is too eroded for confident identification of specific iconographic attributes unique to the Child Horus (e.g., clear crown, sidelock, or lotus/wadjet details). No legible hieroglyphic, cartouche, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No fine pigment remains are clearly discernible in the provided image.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.297 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9555 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.