Fragment of a Column of Hieroglyphics
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Fragment of a Column of Hieroglyphics, ca. 760–656 B.C.E.. Limestone, 4 3/8 x 3 7/16 in. (11.1 x 8.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.10. (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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian relief depicting a figure in motion.
The artifact is a limestone relief fragment showing a finely carved human figure, likely a noble or deity, in a dynamic pose. The carving style suggests an emphasis on movement, typical of Egyptian art that captures daily life or ritual activities. The background includes a vertical element, possibly a symbol or part of a larger scene, with stylized triangular motifs below.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 86.226.10 tier-2
- BKM-Object 124492 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.
- 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.