Small Seated Figure of Maat
Description
Caption: Small Seated Figure of Maat, 305–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 1 9/16 x 11/16 in. (3.9 x 1.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.34. (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.
Statue of a seated figure with hands raised to the head.
The artifact is a small statue depicting a seated figure, possibly representing a deity or symbolic individual. The figure’s hands are raised to the head in a gesture that could signify mourning or reverence. The style is simplistic, with little detail, suggesting the use of a harder material. The composition is vertical and balanced on a base that is likely modern.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.34 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19103 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.