Satyr Holding a Jar
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.
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.