Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Figure of a Seated Sphinx
Description
Caption: Figure of a Seated Sphinx, 332–31 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 3/16 x 5/16 x 15/16 in. (3 x 0.8 x 2.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.97. (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 small faience figurine depicting a seated deity.
This is a miniature faience figurine depicting a deity in a seated position. The style is characteristic of small votive objects from ancient Egypt, often used for personal devotion or burial offerings. The figure appears to be crafted with attention to detail, suggesting its use as a religious object.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.97 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19163 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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