Comic Mask
Description
Caption: Comic Mask, 30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 2 5/8 x 2 1/16 x 2 in. (6.7 x 5.3 x 5.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1633E. (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.
Photograph of a molded terracotta face mask with painted surface, featuring exaggerated eyes, nose, and a wide open mouth.
The image shows a rounded, oval mask/frontal face with deep-set, bulging eye sockets containing worn remnants of raised circular features. The nose is broad and rounded, and the mouth is carved as an open, roughly triangular/oval opening with worn lower lip detail. The surface is heavily abraded with patchy areas of lighter coating consistent with pigment. No visible hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or other text are present. No identifiable royal name or deity attributes can be confirmed from the visible features alone. The object appears to match a terracotta mask type, consistent with the museum’s “Comic Mask” catalogue designation. There is no clear evidence contradicting the catalogue’s subject; however, the face appears only as a generic comedic mask without readable inscriptions.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1633E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118158 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.
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