Female Head
Description
Caption: Female Head, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Clay, 3 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (8.7 x 6.7 x 5.5 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, 16.279. (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 terracotta head depicting a female figure, possibly a goddess or noblewoman.
This artifact is a terracotta head with distinct features such as a detailed headdress and carefully modeled facial features. The style appears typical of Ptolemaic or early Roman period terracottas, with attention given to the coiffure and expression, suggesting it may represent a deity or noble person. The sculpture exhibits fine craftsmanship in its depiction of the hair and facial elements.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.279 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9537 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.