Osiris on a Lamp
Description
Caption: Osiris on a Lamp, 305–30 B.C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 6 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 1 5/8 in. (17 x 8.1 x 4.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1630E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small terracotta figurine-like object with a raised, frontal face and headdress, shaped like a lamp or lamp stand. The figure appears to be associated with Osiris iconography (green/was-sceptre-like crook and flail not clearly visible).
The image shows a roughly conical/triangular terracotta object with a central raised face of a bearded male deity. The figure wears a tall, strapped headdress; behind/around the head are raised elements that resemble a wig or diadem. The chest and shoulders are modeled with incised/relief details and traces of painted surface are difficult to distinguish at this resolution; no clear inscriptions are visible. At the top of the object there is a concave opening, consistent with a lamp bowl or insertion point. The lower portion has a flat base with several small holes/damage pits, suggesting breakage or former attachment points. No definite Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible; no legible hieroglyphs are present from what can be resolved in this view.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1630E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118155 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.