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

Satyr Holding a Jar

Source of record: Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Caption: Satyr Holding a Jar, ca. 30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Clay, pigment, 7 3/16 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (18.2 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1634E. (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 statue depicting a bearded figure with an exaggerated expression and stance.

The artifact is a statuette made of what appears to be clay or terracotta, portraying a male figure with a prominent beard, large eyes, and a wide stance. The figure has one arm raised above his head, holding something that could be a sack or cape. The style suggests it is a playful or caricatured representation, possibly highlighting a comedic or theatrical character.

decorative unknown good
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Lower Egypt
Materials ClayTerracotta

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1634E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118159 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.