Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Upper Part of a Cippus
Description
Caption: Upper Part of a Cippus, 664–332 B.C.E.. Limestone, 7 3/16 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/16 in. (18.2 x 11.4 x 7.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1523E. (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 stone stela with carved inscriptions and scenes on its surface.
The artifact is a stone stela featuring multiple lines of carved inscriptions, possibly hieroglyphic script, with some areas showing more wear than others. The surface shows a combination of text and possible decorative or symbolic motifs, with clear divisions between different text sections.
funerary
Middle Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1523E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118051 tier-2
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- 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.
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