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

Figure of a Running Leopard or Panther

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 16.393. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 16.393
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Roman Period
Date: 2nd century C.E.
Date range: 100 CE – 199 CE
Materials: ['Bronze']
Height: 5.0 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Figure of a Running Leopard or Panther (16.393). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17694

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Catalogue description: Culture Possibly Egypto-Roman Caption: Possibly Egypto-Roman. Figure of a Running Leopard or Panther, 2nd century C.E.. Bronze, 1 15/16 × 1 3/8 × 3 7/16 in. (5 × 3.5 × 8.7 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, 16.393. (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.

A bronze figurine depicts a low, crouched big cat in a running/extended posture, with its head raised and fore- and hind-legs outstretched.

The image shows a dark bronze (or bronze-toned) small sculpture of a feline, lying low with the body stretched horizontally. The front leg is extended forward and the hindquarters are raised slightly; the head is turned upward with a rounded muzzle. The tail is set back along the body. No clearly legible surface inscriptions, cartouches, or textual elements are visible. The object appears cast with naturalistic modeling of the musculature and paws; details such as spots/leopard rosettes are not clearly distinguishable at this resolution. The background is a neutral studio surface, and no additional iconographic elements (e.g., human figures, thrones, or deities) are present.

decorative Roman Period (as per catalogue; exact dating not independently confirmed from the image alone) good

Materials Bronze

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Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 16.393 tier-2
BKM-Object 9645 tier-2

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