Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Inlay in Form of Jackal-Headed God
Description
Caption: Inlay in Form of Jackal-Headed God, 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 2 1/16 x 1/2 x 3/16 in. (5.3 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1736E. (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 small terracotta figure resembling an animal-headed mummy.
The artifact is a terracotta figurine depicting a mummified form with an animal head, possibly representing Anubis or another deity associated with the afterlife. The style is simplistic with basic features carved into the surface, giving it an ancient appearance typical of Egyptian funerary artifacts.
funerary
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Anubis
Materials
terracotta
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1736E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118258 tier-2
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