Head of a Queen or Goddess
Description
Object Label: The facial features of this head recur on sculpture dating from the end of Dynasty XXX until well into the Ptolemaic Period (305–30 B.C.). The subject here is either a queen or a goddess, but which one is uncertain because the headdress, which might have provided a clue, is lost. Caption: Head of a Queen or Goddess, ca. 230 B.C.E.. Limestone, 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (10.8 x 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.32.
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 sculpted head of an ancient Egyptian figure wearing a headdress.
The image depicts a sculpted head of an ancient Egyptian figure, likely female, adorned with a detailed headdress. The carving style is realistic, with intricate features such as detailed braids in the hair and a uraeus emblem at the forehead, indicating a level of craftsmanship typical of divine or royal imagery in Egyptian art.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 86.226.32 tier-2
- BKM-Object 4250 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.