Head and Forepart of Body of Sphinx
Description
Caption: Head and Forepart of Body of Sphinx, 2nd–3rd century C.E. (probably). Limestone, 9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in. (23.3 x 16.5 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, 16.622. (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 carved limestone head of what appears to be an ancient Egyptian figure.
The artifact is a sculpted head, likely depicting a human figure with finely carved facial features, typical of Egyptian sculpture. The style suggests a focus on idealized aesthetics. The head is smooth, with some weathering visible, indicating age. The back is less detailed, suggesting it was part of a larger statue.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.622 tier-2
- BKM-Object 10111 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.