Model of a Head of a King
Description
Caption: Model of a Head of a King, ca. 664–525 B.C.E.. Plaster, 3 15/16 x 3 5/16 in. (10 x 8.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 33.590. (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 plaster sculptural head of an Egyptian king-like figure, shown frontally with a stylized wig and facial features.
The object is a compact, roughly oval-to-pillow-shaped plaster head, photographed against a neutral gray background. The face is carved in low relief and viewed front-on: half-closed eyes with defined eyelids, a straight nose, and a simplified mouth with slightly parted lips. A conventional Egyptian wig/“head-dress” frames the sides of the face; the hair mass is indicated by shallow contours and a central area that suggests a carved wig section. The surface is worn and chipped at the edges, with several small losses around the sides and lower area, consistent with an excavated or handled fragment. A small paper label is visible below the object with handwritten/printed digits; no clear hieroglyphic field appears on the sculpture itself.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 33.590 tier-2
- BKM-Object 37114 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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