Figure of Pataikos
Description
Caption: Figure of Pataikos, 664–525 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 7/16 x 13/16 x 1 1/16 in. (6.2 x 2 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.998E. (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.
Small turquoise-green faience figurine carved in the form of a standing dwarf-like protective figure, shown wearing a striped nemes-style headcloth and holding the hands near the chest.
The object is a small, free-standing faience figure with a rounded, stylized body and legs. The head wears a patterned headcloth with vertical striping, and the face is simplified with defined brows and a protruding nose/mouth area. The figure’s arms are bent and drawn up in front of the torso (hands not clearly delineated). The torso includes incised/relief bands and lines suggesting clothing or musculature. A back pillar/support is not visible; the figure stands on a rectangular base. The overall surface is turquoise-green with darker speckling/oxidation consistent with faience glazing; edges show minor wear but the form is largely intact. No clearly readable hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions are visible on the image provided.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.998E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117575 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.