Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Statuette of the Goddess Maat Seated on a Shrine

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Description

Caption: Statuette of the Goddess Maat Seated on a Shrine, ca. 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, 3 7/8 x 1/2 x 1 1/16 in. (9.9 x 1.2 x 2.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.561E. (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 depicting a standing figure with a distinctive headdress.

The artifact is a bronze statue of a human figure, likely representing a deity, standing upright on a base. The figure is adorned with an intricate headdress, suggestive of divine or royal status. The style is consistent with Egyptian iconography, emphasizing symmetry and formal posture. The detailing on the headdress and hair is notable.

religious unknown good
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Memphis
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.561E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 4046 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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