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

Female Head

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Description

Caption: Female Head, ca. 170 B.C.E.–100 C.E.. Clay, pigment, 3 1/4 x 2 5/16 x 3 in. (8.3 x 5.9 x 7.6 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, 16.288. (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 weathered stone head of a female figure, likely representing a goddess or noblewoman.

The image depicts a stone head that appears to be a part of a larger statue or relief. Due to erosion, many details are indistinct, but long hair and a serene expression are visible. The style suggests Hellenistic influence, which is typical of the Ptolemaic or Roman period in Egypt.

royal Ptolemaic fragmentary
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.288 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9546 tier-2
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