Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · papyrus
Top of Ceremonial Staff in the Form of the Papyrus Column Surmounted by a Falcon
Description
Caption: Top of Ceremonial Staff in the Form of the Papyrus Column Surmounted by a Falcon, 305–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 1/2 × 2 5/16 in. (14 × 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.575E. (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.
Statues of a seated cat and a falcon atop stands.
The image shows two ancient Egyptian statuettes, one depicting a seated cat and the other a falcon. These figures are mounted on cylindrical stands, which may signify religious or protective symbolism. The cat is finely detailed with an upright posture, while the falcon is shown in profile perched on a constructed perch.
decorative
Ptolemaic
excellent
Deities
BastetHorus
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.575E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117216 tier-2
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