Cat Coffin with Mummy
Description
Caption: Cat Coffin with Mummy, 664–332 B.C.E.. Wood, gesso, animal remains, 9 7/16 x 2 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (24 x 7 x 11.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1939E. (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 statue of a seated cat with a weathered surface.
The artifact is a statue depicting a seated cat, crafted with attention to the feline form. The surface shows signs of weathering, with cracks and discolorations, indicating its age. The statue is mounted on a square base, possibly added for support. The style is typical of Egyptian reverence for cats, which were often associated with deities like Bastet.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1939E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118444 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.