Curly-Haired Youth
Description
Caption: Curly-Haired Youth, 150–30 B.C.E.. Green siltstone or greywacke, 4 3/4 × 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (12 × 9 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 62.2. (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 carved stone head depicting a realistic human figure with detailed curly hair.
The image shows a sculpted head made of a dark stone, possibly basalt or similar material. The head features intricately carved curly hair and well-defined facial features. The nose appears damaged, showing signs of wear or breakage. The style reflects a realistic approach, often seen in Roman period portraits, with an emphasis on naturalism and individual characteristics.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 62.2 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3720 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.