Sarcophagus Lid of a Royal Scribe
Description
Caption: Sarcophagus Lid of a Royal Scribe, ca. 305–30 B.C.E.. Limestone and gesso, 82 x 24 1/2 x 14 1/2 in., 920 lb. (208.3 x 62.2 x 36.8 cm, 417.31kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1221. (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 stone sarcophagus with a human-shaped lid and visible engravings.
The artifact is a stone sarcophagus featuring a human-shaped lid with a detailed face and arms crossed over the chest. The surface shows signs of wear with visible engravings along the torso area. The style suggests it was intended for a high-status burial, with the engravings possibly indicating the identity or achievements of the deceased.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 34.1221 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3343 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.