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Figure of Shu

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Description

Caption: Figure of Shu, 664–332 B.C.E.. Faience, 13/16 x 5/8 x 7/16 in. (2 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.146.

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 Egyptian faience figure showing a male deity holding a djed-like element, with a broad collar and head/face rendered in relief.

The image depicts a small, worn polychrome-green and cream faience object shaped as a standing human-headed deity. The figure has a stylized face with heavy brows, a central eye area, and a short, kilt-like garment. A broad collar or pectoral is visible across the chest. A prominent transverse, blocky element extends behind/around the upper torso resembling a djed pillar support (or analogous stabilizing symbol), with two side “wings” and a central column. The feet are seated/grounded in a simplified manner. The color appears greenish (likely glaze over faience) with lighter areas for the garment and/or details. No legible hieroglyphs or alphabetic inscriptions are visible on the object in the provided view. No cartouche or royal name is visible. Overall surface wear and chips are present.

religious Late Period (probably), consistent with catalogue attribution; exact dating unclear from image alone. fragmentary
Deities Shu (catalogue subject; visible attributes consistent but not definitively confirmable from the image alone)
Materials faience (glazed, green/cream surfaces)

Connections

Deities Shu

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 08.480.146 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 19208 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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  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.