Lion-headed Goddess
Description
Caption: Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. (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 small bronze statue of a lioness-headed deity holding a scepter.
The artifact is a bronze statue depicting a lioness-headed figure, likely representing the goddess Sekhmet. The figure stands upright on a rectangular base, holding an ankh or scepter in one hand. The statue features the sun disk on the head, emphasizing its divine or protective nature. The style and craftsmanship suggest typical New Kingdom artistic conventions, with attention to detail in the facial features and attire.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 08.480.29 tier-2
- BKM-Object 19098 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.