Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Head from a Sarcophagus Lid
Description
Caption: Head from a Sarcophagus Lid, 381–30 B.C.E.. Indurated limestone, 17 5/16 x 16 9/16 x 12 in., 113 lb. (44 x 42 x 30.5 cm, 51.26kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 33.56. (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 weathered, carved stone face from an ancient artifact.
The image depicts a carved limestone face, weathered by time. The face features a broad nose and partially eroded eyes and mouth, indicative of ancient Egyptian sculptural techniques. Given the material and style, it likely represents a piece of larger statuary, possibly a part of a sarcophagus or monumental statue.
funerary
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 33.56 tier-2
- BKM-Object 35967 tier-2
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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