Statuette of Ithyphallic Male
Description
Caption: Statuette of Ithyphallic Male, 2nd–4th century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 2 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 5/16 in. (7.3 × 4.4 × 3.3 cm) H. with tang: 3 7/16 in. (8.8 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, 16.226. (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.
Small terracotta figurine fragment showing the head and upper torso/arm region of a male figure, with traces of reddish-brown pigment.
The image shows a small, hand-sized terracotta object photographed against a neutral gray background. The preserved portion appears to include a nude male upper body or torso with a rounded head-like form facing forward or slightly downward, and a raised element resembling an arm/hand near the chest. The surface is worn and broken, with several chips and abrasions along the edges. The figurine’s facial features are only minimally defined due to preservation and erosion. A darker recessed area and overall reddish-brown tone suggest the presence of pigment traces over the terracotta. A narrow, vertical peg-like projection extends from the lower break area, indicating it may have been mounted or attached to a handle or base. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible on the photographed surface.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.226 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9492 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.