Sphinx
Description
Caption: Sphinx, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 1 9/16 x 13/16 x 2 7/16 in. (4 x 2.1 x 6.2 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, 16.292. (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 small statue of a sphinx with a lion's body and indistinct features.
The artifact is a small, crudely shaped sphinx statue made from a rough material. It features a lion's body and what appears to be a human-like head, suggestive of traditional sphinx depictions. The surface is uneven, and the features are not well-defined, likely due to wear or the material's properties. The style suggests a focus on the overall form rather than detailed craftsmanship.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.292 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9550 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.