Elephant
Description
Caption: Elephant, 145 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Terracotta, 1 15/16 x 2 9/16 in. (4.9 x 6.6 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, 16.270. (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.
Small carved terracotta figurine depicting an elephant figure, shown from the front with head and trunk most prominently rendered.
The image shows a single elephant-shaped terracotta object photographed against a plain light background. The elephant’s head is centered with the trunk falling downward; the eyes and facial contours are carved in relief, while the body appears simplified due to abrasion and incomplete detail. The surface is worn with several small chips and cracks, especially around the head and trunk area. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions are visible on the photograph, and no cartouche or royal name can be confidently identified. No explicit attributes of specific deities are present; the form reads primarily as an animal figure. The catalogue identification as an “Elephant” matches the visible subject.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.270 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9528 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.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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