Head of a Bull
Description
Caption: Head of a Bull, 2nd–3rd century C.E.. Terracotta, 4 3/8 x 2 1/16 in. (11.1 x 5.3 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, 16.305. (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 profile view of a carved head, possibly representing a deity.
The artifact is a carved stone head in profile, showing a prominent facial structure with clearly defined features. There is a headdress or crown element that suggests a divine or royal subject. The carving appears to be weathered, indicating age and possible historical significance.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.305 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9563 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.