Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Ritual Object

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Accession: 36.838
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26, or later
Date: ca. 664–30 B.C.E.
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['Faience']
Height: 10.3 cm
Width: 5.7 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Ritual Object (36.838). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18663

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Description

Object Label: This object is seen in temple reliefs in which the king offers it to goddesses like Hathor, Sakhmet, Mut, or Bastet who are called the Eye of Re. As the Eye of Re, each of these deities symbolized a number of ideas, including the destructive power of the sun god. In return for this offering, the king was assured of protection and the power needed to maintain cosmic order, or Ma'at. He also received the gift of a uraeus for his crown, a symbol of the same forces embodied in the Eye of Re. The cycle of giving, receiving, and giving in return ritually affirmed that the king's possession of royal power was confirmed and renewed. Caption: Ritual Object, ca. 664–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 4 1/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. (10.3 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 36.838. (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 green faience statue of a baboon deity.

The image depicts a statue made of faience, representing an ancient Egyptian baboon with a stylized mane. The statue is small, with a significant emphasis on the facial features of the baboon, including its eyes and detailed mane lines. The figure is seated, which is common in representations of deities. This object shows common stylistic features of small faience sculptures from ancient Egypt.

decorative New Kingdom good

Deities Thoth

Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt

Deities Hathor Thoth Bastet

Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 36.838 tier-2
BKM-Object 3414 tier-2

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