Relief Fragment of a Human-headed Cobra
Description
Caption: Relief Fragment of a Human-headed Cobra, 332 B.C.E.–100 C.E.. Limestone (?), 2 5/16 × 2 9/16 × 1 5/8 in. (5.8 × 6.5 × 4.2 cm) mount: 2 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (6.4 × 6.4 × 8.3 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, 16.109. (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 sculpted fragment depicting a cobra with a human face.
The artifact is a fragment of a sculpted object showing a cobra with a partially human face. The style suggests it may have been part of a larger piece, possibly a protective or religious artifact. The detail of the scales and the integrated human head indicate skilled artistry, characteristic of Egyptian religious symbolism.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.109 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9389 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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