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

Small Figure of a Woman Lying on a Couch

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Description

Caption: Small Figure of a Woman Lying on a Couch, 305–30 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 1 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 3 5/8 in. (4.6 x 3.9 x 9.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.590E. (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.

A small limestone figurine fragment showing a human figure in a reclining position on a couch-like base, with traces of painted pigment.

The object appears as part of a small carved limestone figurine. The visible portion shows a reclining/lying figure with a head turned to one side and a molded arm/hand resting along the body. A couch-like support extends beneath the figure. There are small remaining traces of colored pigment on the surface (notably along the torso/side area), indicating it was once painted. No clear hieroglyphic inscription, cartouche, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is legible in the image. The catalogue subject is “Small Figure of a Woman Lying on a Couch”; while the gender cannot be confirmed from the limited visible area, the reclining pose and couch support are consistent with a small lying female figure.

daily life Ptolemaic Period (as catalogued; exact attribution from image not certain) fragmentary
Materials limestonepigment traces

Connections

Found at Saqqara

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.590E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117230 tier-2
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