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-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 stone statue depicting a seated figure from behind.
The artifact is a small stone statue showing a seated figure facing away. The figure's body is rounded and lacks detailed facial features from this angle. The stone is worn, suggesting age, with a weathered surface texture. The composition focuses on the back and seated posture, typical of small votive statues.
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.