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

Female Head

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 16.236. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 16.236
Find spot: Akhmim, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period
Date: 1st century B.C.E.–1st century C.E.
Date range: 99 BCE – 1 BCE
Materials: ['Limestone', 'stone', 'pigment']
Height: 35.5 cm
Width: 26.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Female Head (16.236). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17981

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Description

Provenance: Culture Graeco-Egyptian Caption: Graeco-Egyptian. Female Head, 1st century B.C.E.–1st century C.E.. Limestone, stone, pigment, 14 x 10 1/4 in. (35.5 x 26 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.236. (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.

A carved stone head of a female figure, shown frontally with painted remnants, large almond-shaped eyes, and stylized facial features.

The image depicts a sculpted head on a light-colored support. The figure has a broad forehead, heavy-lined almond eyes with dark pupils/painted fill, a straight nose, and a mouth carved in a calm expression. The hair is represented as a thick, molded mass around the sides and top, with the neck area broken or unfinished; a rough shoulder/upper-body section continues on the left and right edges, suggesting the head is part of a larger figure or torso. Surface wear and discoloration are visible, with traces of light-colored pigment or wash across the face and hair; darker residues appear around the eyes. No clearly readable hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible on the provided view. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is apparent.

decorative Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period (as catalogued); exact dating unclear from image alone fragmentary

Materials limestone/stone (carved)pigment (traces)

Connections

Found at Akhmim

Materials Limestone Pigment

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 16.236 tier-2
BKM-Object 9502 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.
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