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

Fragment of Colored Hieroglyphs

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Accession: 60.131.2
Find spot: Thebes (El-Assasif), Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Third Intermediate Period to early Late Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26
Date: ca. 670–650 B.C.E.
Date range: 670 BCE – 650 BCE
Materials: ['Limestone', 'pigment']
Height: 16.5 cm
Width: 30.3 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Fragment of Colored Hieroglyphs (60.131.2). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18831

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Object Label: To represent sounds and ideas, the Egyptian system of hieroglyphic writing employed signs in the form of complete or partial images of humans, other creatures, plants, and objects. The intricacy and beauty of some hieroglyphs qualify them as miniature works of art, just as some large-scale figural representations are actually monumental hieroglyphs. Many of this vitrine’s reliefs were once as brightly painted as this text. Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Fragment of Colored Hieroglyphs, ca. 670–650 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 6 1/2 x 11 15/16 in. (16.5 x 30.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.131.2. (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 fragmentary piece of Egyptian art featuring hieroglyphs and symbols.

This artifact is a fragment of a larger piece, showcasing intricately carved hieroglyphs with a focus on simplicity and clarity. Notable features include an Eye of Horus symbol and a depiction of a kneeling deity or figure with a colored headpiece. The composition is typical of decorative or religious artifact fragments from ancient Egypt, with vibrant pigments still visible.

decorative New Kingdom fragmentary

Materials limestonepaint

Signs Eye of Horus kneeling figure

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Found at Thebes

Materials Limestone Paint

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 60.131.2 tier-2
BKM-Object 3691 tier-2

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