Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry
Uraeus
Description
Caption: Uraeus, 664–525 B.C.E.. Bronze, glass, 2 1/8 x 1 x 2 in. (5.4 x 2.5 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.550E.
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.
Image of three ancient Egyptian animal head sculptures mounted on stands.
The artifact image shows three ancient Egyptian sculptures featuring heads of animals: a cow, a cat, and a cobra. They are displayed on individual mounts. The style is indicative of Egyptian artistic representation focusing on fauna, commonly associated with religious symbolism.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.550E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117193 tier-2
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