Statue of the Child Horus Standing
Description
Caption: Statue of the Child Horus Standing, 664 B.C.E.–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 1/16 × 7/8 × 13/16 in. (7.8 × 2.3 × 2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.947E.
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 turquoise faience figurine of the god Bes.
The artifact is a faience figurine depicting the dwarf god Bes, noted for his distinctively joyful and protective appearance. The figure is standing with one hand raised to the mouth, a typical posture for representations of Bes. The turquoise color is characteristic of Egyptian faience, a glazed non-clay ceramic material, providing a bright and striking appearance. The figurine has detailed facial features and a plump belly, both common in depictions of this deity.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.947E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117529 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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