Home › Browse › BKM › Object 18231
Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Torso of Ziharpto

Source of record: Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art — catalogued by the holding institution. View the original record →

Description

Object Label: Wab-priests of Sakhmet were one of several types of priest-physicians and veterinarians whose treatments were partly magical in nature. The treatment for snakebite, for example, could include incisions, emetics, topical applications, and the recitation of spells. Like regular physicians (swnw), wab-priests of Sakhmet were trained in temple scriptoria (places where texts were composed) called Houses of Life. As priests, they were part of the very small percentage of the population that was literate, and much Egyptian magic was a matter of written and spoken spells. All but the highest Egyptian priests worked only part of the year as priests and so had time to practice privately as magicians. Caption: Torso of Ziharpto, 380–342 B.C.E.. Basalt, 20 x 10 x 8 in. (50.8 x 25.4 x 20.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.24. (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 fragment of a large stone artifact with vertical grooves.

The image depicts a fragment of a stone artifact, possibly part of a larger statue or structure. The notable features include vertical grooves that suggest intricate carving and detailed workmanship. The stone appears to be weathered, indicating significant age, and is mounted on a support for display.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 86.226.24 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 124493 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.