Statue of Isis Seated
Description
Caption: Statue of Isis Seated, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, silver or electrum, 9 13/16 × 2 3/8 × 5 1/8 in. (25 × 6.1 × 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.404E. (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 bronze statuette depicts a seated female figure holding a staff/long object and with a distinctive headdress, posed in a worshipper-like stance.
The object shows a dark metallic statuette of a female deity in human form. The figure is standing or seated on a rectangular base and has a polished, dark-brown/black patina. The headdress appears tripartite or winged in silhouette, and the figure’s arms are bent: one hand holds or supports a vertical staff/rod while the other hand gestures toward the torso. A long, looped element rises above the head, forming a curved support-like shape. No legs or seated posture details are fully clear from the single view, but the figure is presented upright with a base. No legible inscriptions or cartouches are visible, and the background is a plain studio setting. The catalogue title specifies “Statue of Isis Seated,” but the visible posture and gesture are ambiguous in this image; however, the female deity iconography and headdress are broadly consistent with an Isis-type figure. Material appearance is consistent with bronze with a dark patina; no silver/electrum plating is clearly distinguishable in the photo.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.404E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117058 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.