Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Small Bottle in the Form of the God Bes
Description
Caption: Small Bottle in the Form of the God Bes, 305–30 B.C.E.. Terracotta, 3 1/16 × 2 1/16 × 1 5/8 in. (7.8 × 5.2 × 4.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.323E.
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.
An ancient Egyptian artifact depicting a seated figure.
This artifact is a small sculpture likely made of stone, depicting a seated figure with a headdress. The style suggests fine craftsmanship with attention to detail, common in votive or religious objects. The figure's features are stylized, following the artistic conventions of ancient Egypt.
religious
unknown
good
Materials
stone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.323E tier-2
- BKM-Object 116995 tier-2
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- 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.
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