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

Statue of Isis Seated

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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-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.

Bronze statuette depicting an Egyptian goddess with a sun disk and cow horns headdress.

The artifact is a bronze statuette of an Egyptian goddess, likely Hathor or Isis, characterized by the sun disk and cow horns atop her head. The figure is elegantly crafted with smooth features and detailed facial expressions. The goddess is shown in a standing position, with one hand on her chest, a common pose in such representations. The style and iconography are typical of religious figures in ancient Egypt, often associated with protection and fertility.

religious New Kingdom good
Deities HathorIsis
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Memphis
Deities IsisHathor
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.404E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117058 tier-2
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