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

Alexander the Great

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 54.162. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 54.162
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period to Roman Period
Date: 100 B.C.E. – 100 C.E.
Date range: 100 BCE – 100 BCE
Materials: ['Marble']
Height: 8.9 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Object Label: Alexander conquered Egypt in 332 B.C.E. He fostered a connection between Greek and indigenous Egyptian cultures. His successors promoted Egyptian religion, including the making of animal mummies. This posthumous statue was carved from an Egyptian stone in the Greek style that emphasizes motion by the twist of the head and neck. Caption: Alexander the Great, 100 B.C.E. – 100 C.E.. Marble, 3 1/2 × 2 × 1 1/2 in. (8.9 × 5.1 × 3.8 cm) mount: 7 × 2 1/4 × 1 3/4 in. (17.8 × 5.7 × 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 54.162. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))

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.

Marble sculpture fragment depicting a youthful male head and upper torso with curly hair and a nude chest.

The image shows a light-colored stone (appearing marble) sculpture fragment consisting of a young male head in left-facing profile and part of the upper body. The figure has short-to-medium curly hair with drilled curls and a smooth, classical facial modeling. The neck and shoulders are visible; the torso is nude, with no clear Egyptian-style regalia or headdress. The background is a neutral museum display. No legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the photographed surface, and no cartouche or royal inscription can be made out. No explicit deity attributes are clearly identifiable from this view.

royal Late Period to Roman Period (as catalogued) — classical-style sculptural portrait fragment; exact dating uncertain from image alone. fragmentary

Royals Alexander the Great (catalogued; no inscription visible to confirm in this image)

Materials marble

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Royals Alexander the Great

Materials Marble

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 54.162 tier-2
BKM-Object 3606 tier-2

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