Altar
Description
Caption: Altar, 2nd century B.C.E.–3rd century C.E.. Bronze, 4 1/2 x 4 in. (11.5 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1615E. (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.
Bronze object resembling a small ceremonial stand/altar with a flared base and a crown-like central element topped with two long horizontal handles.
The image shows a metal object photographed against a light background. At the bottom is a broad, rectangular, stepped base with a raised central portion; the sides of the base include a stepped geometry and at least one small rectangular opening or cut-out. Rising from the center is a slender, tiered stem with multiple ring-like bands. The top comprises a crown-like cap with three raised points and decorative incised or stamped bands; two long, curved arms/handles extend diagonally outward from the crown to the left and right. The surface is darkened/oxidized in places and has reflective highlights consistent with metal. No clearly legible inscriptions, hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text are visible in the photograph. No explicit cartouches or royal names are identifiable.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1615E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118140 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.