Figure of a Monkey Holding Sack Over His Shoulder
Description
Caption: Figure of a Monkey Holding Sack Over His Shoulder, 305–30 B.C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 3 3/8 x 2 x 7/8 in. (8.5 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1623E. (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 side view of an ancient Egyptian statuette possibly depicting a deity or mythical figure.
The artifact is a small statuette made of stone, exhibiting a humanoid form with notable features suggesting a mythical or divine representation. The figure appears to have a stylized body with evidence of worn carving, the head being disproportionately larger and possibly resembling an animal. The style is simplistic, with minimal details preserved due to surface abrasion.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1623E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118148 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.