Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Head of a Bull

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Description

Caption: Head of a Bull, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 9/16 in. (7.8 x 4.4 x 4 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, 16.306. (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 clay or stone model depicting a head with a prominent, elongated snout or nose.

The artifact appears to be a sculptural fragment, possibly part of a larger statue or relief. The material looks like weathered clay or stone, and the style is simplistic with minimal detailing except for the notable elongated snout or nose feature. The item is mounted on a modern stand for display, suggesting it is a museum piece or from an excavation.

unclear unknown good
Materials stoneclay

Connections

Found at Egypt
Deities Apis
Materials StoneClay

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.306 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9564 tier-2
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