Head and Bust of Serapis
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Graeco-Egyptian Caption: Graeco-Egyptian. Head and Bust of Serapis, 2nd–4th century C.E. (probably). Steatite, 5 11/16 x 4 9/16 x 2 1/2 in. (14.4 x 11.6 x 6.3 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, 16.580.79. (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 fragmentary stone artifact depicting part of a seated figure.
The image shows a fragment of a stone statue, which represents the upper portion of a figure. The style suggests a simplistic yet classical design, common in Egyptian sculpture. Notable is the curve of what appears to be a shoulder or part of the arm, indicating a seated or possibly leaning posture.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.580.79 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9904 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.