Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Recumbent Lion

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Description

Caption: Recumbent Lion, 5th century B.C.E. or later. Plaster, 5 1/8 x 9 7/16 in. (13 x 24 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, 16.53. (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 small, carved stone lion figurine.

The artifact is a small, roughly carved stone figurine depicting a reclining lion. The surface shows signs of wear, suggesting age. The style is somewhat simplistic without intricate detail, indicating it may serve a decorative or symbolic purpose rather than being a high-status object.

decorative unknown good
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials LimestoneStone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.53 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9322 tier-2
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