Bust of Isis
Description
Caption: Bust of Isis, 305–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 3/4 in. (7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.333E. (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 turquoise-blue faience figurine/bust of a regal female deity with a broad wig and a clasped/holding pose.
The image shows a small, front-facing bust-like sculpture with a stylized female face wearing a distinctive striped/curled headdress or wig. The head is covered by a broad, patterned headdress with a central emblem-like element near the top. Long wig strands and a collar/pectoral collar with bead-like rows extend down the sides of the face and chest. The arms are bent and brought forward; the hands appear to hold or present objects at chest level (exact contents unclear). The figure’s eyes are downcast, with a calm expression; the mouth is small and carved. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the visible surfaces in this photograph. The object sits on a light rectangular support/stand.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.333E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4019 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.