Furniture Attachment in the Form of a Vulture
Description
Caption: Furniture Attachment in the Form of a Vulture, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, 3 1/8 × 5/16 × 2 1/16 in. (8 × 0.8 × 5.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1649E. (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 metallic object resembling a falcon with outstretched wings.
The object is a metallic representation of a falcon, a common symbol in ancient Egyptian iconography, particularly associated with the god Horus. The metal appears aged with a patina, suggesting significant antiquity. The stylization is typical of Egyptian art, featuring simplified, elegant forms with symbolic rather than naturalistic representation.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1649E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118173 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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