Head or Mask
Description
Caption: Head or Mask, 3rd century C.E. or later. Terracotta, 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.1 x 4.2 x 2.6 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, 16.299. (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.
A sculpted limestone head depicting a human face with stylized features.
The artifact is a carved limestone head with prominent facial features, including a broad nose and lips. The hair is depicted in stylized curls. The style suggests a focus on exaggerated features typical of certain periods or artistic styles in Egyptian culture. The head is slightly damaged, with visible wear and erosion on the surface.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.299 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9557 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.