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

Lid of a Sarcophagus

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Description

Catalogue description: Culture Aramaic Caption: Aramaic. Lid of a Sarcophagus, ca. 664–332 B.C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 35 x 23 x 5 in. (88.9 x 58.4 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1517E. (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 carved stone stela featuring a human head with elaborate hair or headdress.

The artifact is a carved stela made of stone, depicting a stylized human head with prominent features. The headdress or hair is detailed, suggesting a figure of significance. The stela has a weathered appearance with visible cracks and minor surface erosion, indicating its antiquity. The overall shape is rectangular with a rounded top, commonly associated with Egyptian stelae.

funerary Middle Kingdom fragmentary
Materials stone

Connections

Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1517E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118048 tier-2
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