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

Female Head

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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-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 sculpted head of a female figure with detailed hair and crown.

The artifact is a sculpted head depicting a female figure with intricate hair design and a crown, possibly indicating nobility or divinity. The sculpture is made from a stone material with visible wear and damage, suggesting age. The facial features are finely carved, and the eyes are deeply set, which might have originally contained inlays.

royal Ptolemaic fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Materials LimestonePlaster

Cross-references (2)

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