Sculptor's Model of a Walking Lion
Description
Caption: Sculptor's Model of a Walking Lion, ca. 664–30 B.C.E.. Limestone, 3 × 6 1/2 × 12 in. (7.6 × 16.5 × 30.5 cm) mount (deck mount dims): 15 1/2 × 12 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (39.4 × 31.1 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 33.190. (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 carved and painted lion figure, possibly part of a larger structure or decoration.
This artifact is a carved figure of a lion, depicted in a leaping or striding posture. The piece shows signs of wear and some original paint is still visible. The style suggests it could have been used as a decorative element in furniture or architecture. The lion is detailed, capturing the musculature and features typical of Egyptian animal depictions.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 33.190 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3319 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.
- 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.