Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Head of a Man from a Statuette
Description
Caption: Head of a Man from a Statuette, 2nd–1st century B.C.E. (probably). Steatite, Accession Cards: Measurements: Height 4.8 cm., width 3.1 cm. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.77. (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 black stone bust of a human head with detailed hair depiction.
This artifact is a sculpted bust made of dark stone, depicting a human head with intricately carved hair. The style suggests Greek or Egyptian influence, possibly from the late period. The expression is calm and the features are finely rendered, indicating skilled craftsmanship.
unclear
Ptolemaic
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 58.77 tier-2
- BKM-Object 74512 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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