Standing Bastet
Description
Caption: Standing Bastet, 332–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 4 13/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/2 in. (12.2 x 3.6 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.379E. (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 small bronze standing feline deity figure with a human-like body and a cat head raised with a sistrum-like arm position, presented frontally.
The image shows a complete, standing statuette of a cat-headed goddess. The head has upright ears and a stylized feline face. The figure’s torso and skirt are molded in bronze with incised/relief detailing at the chest and waist. One arm is raised slightly with the hand in a clenched or offering gesture, while the other arm rests lower across the body, suggesting the common iconography of Bastet holding a sistrum (though the exact sistrum elements are not fully distinct in the photo). The stance is upright with both feet on a rectangular base. No clearly legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the figure or base. No cartouche or royal name is visible. Surface wear and corrosion/rough casting texture are evident, but overall form remains intact.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.379E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117035 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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