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-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 stone figurine depicting a human face with an animal, possibly a snake, wrapping around it.
The artifact appears to be a stone figurine featuring a human face. The composition includes an animal, likely a snake, wrapping around or positioned close to the head. The style is simplistic, showing signs of wear and possible erosion, suggesting it has been exposed to the elements over time. The figurine may have served a religious or symbolic purpose, judging by the presence of the animal and its interaction with the human figure.
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.