Cat Coffin
Description
Object Label: Some cat mummies were buried in elaborately carved cat-shaped wooden coffins covered with gold. Traces of gilding are clear on the head of this cat mummy coffin. Caption: Cat Coffin, 664–332 B.C.E.. Wood, glass, gesso, pigment, animal remains (Felis sylvestris, Felis libyca, or Felis chaus), plant materials, 24 1/4 × 7 1/2 × 16 in. (61.6 × 19.1 × 40.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1946Ea-b.
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.
Two cat statues are depicted, each sitting upright on a rectangular base.
The image shows two ancient Egyptian cat statues made of a material that appears to be aged, likely stone or a similar substance. They are both sitting upright on rectangular bases, facing the same direction. The style is simplistic with minimal detailing, characteristic of feline representations in ancient Egyptian art. The surfaces appear weathered, indicating age.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1946Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 118450 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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