Head of Female
Description
Caption: Head of Female, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Clay, 4 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 2 7/16 in. (10.7 x 6.7 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, 16.220. (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 of a female figure with elaborate hair.
This artifact is a terracotta head depicting a female figure with intricate, stylized hair. The hair is arranged in thick, wavy strands, gathered into a topknot. The facial features are stylized, with prominent eyes and a slightly smiling mouth. The figure has holes in the earlobes, perhaps indicating earrings. The surface shows signs of aging but remains well-preserved.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.220 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9486 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.