Cat Coffin
Description
Caption: Cat Coffin, 664 B.C.E. or later. Wood, gesso, animal remains, 11 5/8 x 3 5/16 x 5 5/16 in. (29.6 x 8.4 x 13.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1940E. (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 remnants of painted details.
The artifact is a well-preserved statue depicting a cat, likely a representation of the goddess Bastet. It shows skillful craftsmanship with notable features such as defined eyes, ears, and a poised posture, indicative of the animal's revered status in ancient Egyptian culture. The surface shows remains of paint, suggesting it was once vibrantly colored.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1940E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118445 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.