Inlay in Form of a Lion-Headed God
Description
Caption: Inlay in Form of a Lion-Headed God, 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 1/8 x 1/2 x 3/16 in. (2.9 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1737E. (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, carved figure resembling an Egyptian deity or royal personage.
The artifact is a small figurine crafted from a light material, possibly faience or another type of stone. It depicts a standing figure adorned with what appears to be a headdress, and is simplistic in design with minimal detail in the carving. The figure's attire suggests a potential link to either royalty or divinity in ancient Egyptian culture. The object is set against a neutral background.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1737E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118259 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.