Seated Statuette of Harpocrates
Description
Caption: Seated Statuette of Harpocrates, 2nd–4th century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 3 7/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/4 in. (9.8 x 4.9 x 3.2 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, 16.221. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small seated/standing nude figurine-like Egyptian statuette with a damaged face and a hand raised toward the chest or mouth; traces of plaster-like surface and pigment remnants are visible.
The image shows a single human/child-sized statuette in a frontal three-quarter view against a plain light background. The figure appears mostly nude with a simplified body and legs; the head has worn or broken facial features and a rounded hairstyle/bonnet-like outline. One arm is raised with the hand held near the upper torso/chest area, while the other arm is held lower close to the body. The surface is weathered with chips and abrasions, suggesting age or excavation damage; patches of light material and spots consistent with residual pigment are visible on the front and upper areas. No clear hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the image. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is present. The composition and raised hand gesture are consistent with iconography sometimes associated with the child god Harpocrates, but the exact identification is not fully confirmable from this image alone due to heavy wear.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.221 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9487 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.