Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Small Figure of Bes as a Warrior
Description
Caption: Small Figure of Bes as a Warrior, 30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 4 5/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 in. (11 x 7 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1712E. (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 rough stone figurine possibly depicting a deity or ancestral figure.
The artifact is a roughly carved figurine made of stone, possibly representing a deity or ancestor due to its upright posture. The style is simplistic with minimal detailing, suggesting it might be an early or rudimentary representation. The surface shows signs of wear, indicating age or exposure to elements over time.
unclear
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
stone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1712E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118236 tier-2
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- 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.