Figure of a Mourning Woman, Possibly Nephthys
Description
Caption: Figure of a Mourning Woman, Possibly Nephthys, 525–30 B.C.E.. Glass, 1 7/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in. (3.7 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1153E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small standing human figure in a dark material is shown from the front-right, holding one arm close to the body and wearing a stylized head covering/hood.
The image shows a single, freestanding or relief-like figure standing upright with legs together and feet pointed forward. The head appears covered by a rounded hood or headdress; the facial features are not clearly defined. One arm is bent and held close to the torso while the other arm hangs down, with the hand/form not sharply preserved. The posture and overall form are consistent with a funerary/mourning female-type figurine, but the details needed to confirm a specific identity (e.g., Nephthys) are not fully legible. No clear painted color remains are visible; the surface looks like a dark stone or vitreous material rather than distinct glass transparency. No inscriptions or hieroglyphs are visible anywhere in the image, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1153E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117726 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.