Funerary Figurine of Iuefaa
Description
Caption: Funerary Figurine of Iuefaa, 664–343 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 1/4 x 1 x 1/2 in. (8.3 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.241E. (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 small ancient Egyptian figurine resembling a mummiform shape.
The artifact is a small, mummiform figurine made from a dark material, likely representing an ancient Egyptian shabti or funerary figurine. The figure is wrapped in a similar fashion to a mummy, often associated with burial practices. Notable features include its elongated body and simplistic facial details, suggesting it might have been used in ceremonies or as a grave good.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.241E tier-2
- BKM-Object 116940 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.