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

Male Profile Head

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Description

Caption: Male Profile Head, 305–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 × 5/16 in. (2.5 × 0.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.358. (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.

Small sculpture of a head likely depicting a deity or royal figure.

The artifact is a small, sculpted head, possibly made of bronze, featuring a distinct headdress suggestive of either a deity or a royal figure. The facial features are stylized in a manner typical of ancient Egyptian art. The piece appears isolated, with no visible background or accompanying elements.

unclear unknown good
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.358 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9612 tier-2
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