King Osorkon I
Description
Object Label: Third Intermediate Period metalworkers often used gold inlays to embellish their sculptures. They first carved a channel that they filled with gold thread. Then they hammered the rounded edge of the gold until it was flush with the bronze. On this statuette, the names of Osorkon I, the images of the gods Re-Horakhty and Thoth, the belt, and the striations of the shendyt-kilt were all produced with gold inlay. Caption: King Osorkon I, ca. 924–889 B.C.E.. Bronze, gold, 5 9/16 x 1 1/2 x 2 in. (14.1 x 3.8 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 57.92. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small bronze Egyptian standing male figure with a clenched fist and extensive gilded hieroglyphic-style decoration on the torso and skirt area.
The artifact shows a full-figure, standing human form (male-coded by facial/headwear and body depiction) with arms held close to the body; the right arm appears bent with a clenched fist. The figure has a simplified head with short, darkened surface and a wig/hairstyle indicated by molded contours. A gilded (gold-colored) band of painted/leafed inscriptions and decorative signs covers the chest and the upper abdomen, while additional gilded signs and panel-like decoration appear on the skirt/loin area. The lower portion of the figure (legs and feet) is largely undecorated aside from the general surface finish. No clear cartouche is legible at this resolution; individual hieroglyphic signs are present but too unclear to reliably extract an exact inscription text. The background is plain, and the figure appears intact with no obvious large breaks in the limbs. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 57.92 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3635 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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