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

Cartonnage Applique

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. X744.2. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: X744.2
Find spot: Akhmim, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: late Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period
Date: 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E.
Date range: 305 BCE – 305 BCE
Materials: ['Linen', 'gesso']
Height: 17.1 cm
Width: 27.5 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Cartonnage Applique (X744.2). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18053

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Caption: Cartonnage Applique, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Linen, gesso, 6 3/4 × 10 13/16 × 1/16 in. (17.1 × 27.5 × 0.1 cm) As mounted: 7 7/8 × 11 7/16 in. (20 × 29 cm) mount (m1): 10 1/4 × 13 1/4 × 1 3/8 in. (26 × 33.7 × 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X744.2. (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.

Painted, appliquéd cartonnage element showing a winged falcon/figure with blue-and-gold stripes beneath a striped band, with additional small registers of figures and animals.

The image presents a rectangular cartonnage applique with layered, polychrome decoration. Across the top is a narrow band filled with alternating vertical colored stripes (blue, red/burgundy, and gold). Below it, a large central winged figure is shown in profile facing left: the body is dark blue/black with gold highlights, and the wings extend horizontally on either side. The head wears a light-colored headdress with a gold cap; the face includes simplified facial features. Behind and around the figure are striped and patterned fields. Near the bottom is a horizontal band/register containing small painted elements including a seated/standing small figure(s) and a small animal-like form, separated by color blocks and speckled textures. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic script are visible in the provided image resolution.

religious late Ptolemaic Period to Roman Period (as given by catalogue; specific sub-period not determinable from this image alone) good

Deities winged falcon form (specific deity unclear)

Materials painted plaster (gesso)linen (base support not directly confirmable from image, but consistent with cartonnage)

Connections

Found at Akhmim

Materials Painted Plaster

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession X744.2 tier-2
BKM-Object 120835 tier-2

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