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-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 sculpture of a reclining animal, likely a calf or similar creature.
This artifact depicts a small, reclining animal, possibly a calf, sculpted from a stone material. The style is simplistic and lacks intricate detailing, indicative of a straightforward artistic representation. The artifact is fragmentary, with parts of the body clearly missing or eroded, suggesting its age. The pose indicates a moment of rest, capturing tranquillity.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.270 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9528 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.