Altar
Description
Caption: Altar, 305–30 B.C.E., or later. Bronze, 9 5/16 x 4 3/16 x 4 5/16 in. (23.7 x 10.7 x 11 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1614E. (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 crown with multiple figures featuring deities in ancient Egyptian style.
This artifact is a highly detailed crown, showcasing figures of what appear to be deities, positioned prominently. It is notable for its sculptural reliefs with fine detail, particularly in the rendering of the faces and attire, suggesting a ceremonial or religious significance. The artifact demonstrates skilled craftsmanship typical of ancient Egyptian metalwork.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1614E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118139 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.