Leonine Goddess
Description
Caption: Leonine Goddess, 770–412 B.C.E.. Wood, gold leaf, plaster, linen, bronze, 16 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. (42.5 x 13 x 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1379E. (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 seated lion-headed figure with a cobra atop its head.
The artifact is a statue depicting a seated figure with a lion's head, likely representing a deity such as Sekhmet. The figure is adorned with a cobra, a symbol often associated with protection and divinity in ancient Egypt. The style suggests a focus on strength and protection, common in Egyptian depictions of lion-headed gods. The surface shows signs of wear, with some areas chipped, exposing underlying materials.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1379E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117930 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.