Column
Description
Caption: Column, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 4 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (11.5 × 3.2 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, 16.267. (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 cylindrical column with a detailed floral capital.
The image depicts an ancient Egyptian column featuring a cylindrical shaft and a capital intricately carved with floral motifs, possibly resembling lotus or papyrus plants. The column's simple yet elegant design is typical of Egyptian architecture. The surface shows signs of weathering, indicating age.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.267 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9525 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.