Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Male Head

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Male Head, 525–404 B.C.E., 343–332 B.C.E. or 30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Terracotta, 1 15/16 × 1 11/16 × 1 3/4 in. (4.9 × 4.3 × 4.4 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, 16.303. (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.

An ancient Egyptian sculpture resembling a curled-up animal or abstract form.

This stone artifact appears to be a carved figure with a roughly textured surface, suggestive of erosion or age. The form hints at a curled posture, possibly representing an animal or abstract concept. The carving style is rudimentary, lacking detailed features that would identify specific iconography.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials LimestoneStone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.303 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9561 tier-2
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