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

Privy Counsellor of Amun, Ku

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Description

Caption: Privy Counsellor of Amun, Ku, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, Height 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.176E. (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.

Photograph of a small green glazed Egyptian figurine/modeled ushabti-like figure wearing a nemes-like headdress and a patterned kilt, with an arm raised to the chest and a vertical inscription on the torso area.

The artifact is shown upright against a museum display background. It is a human-shaped, standing figure with a broad, flat headdress/headpiece (resembling a nemes or formal wig) and a stylized face with defined eyes and mouth. Both arms are held in front of the body; one forearm appears raised across the upper chest. The figure wears a short patterned kilt or pleated skirt with a broad belt. Along the central torso/lower body there appear to be bands of incised/painted signs (possibly an inscription), though the specific characters are not fully legible in the image. The surface is greenish with darker weathering consistent with a glazed or faience object. No cartouche is clearly readable. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible; a modern handwritten label in the display case is present but outside the artifact itself and is not an ancient text.

decorative Late Period (as catalogued); exact sub-period unclear from the image alone. poor
Deities Amun (as referenced by catalogue title; not explicitly legible on the artifact in this image)
Royals unknown
Materials green glazed surface (faience)
Signs Vertical line of incised/painted hieroglyphic signs on lower torso/upper skirt (unreadable) ×10

Connections

Deities Amun

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.176E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 116884 tier-2
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