Striding Sphinx
Description
Caption: Striding Sphinx, ca. 945–712 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 5 in. (14 x 4.1 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 61.20. (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 bronze figure of a lion-like creature on a pedestal, likely representing a deity or mythological figure.
The artifact is a bronze statuette depicting a lion-like creature with human attributes. The figure has a stylized mane and is standing on an intricately designed pedestal. The workmanship appears detailed, with attention given to the facial features and body proportions, indicative of a skilled artisan. The creature's pose suggests a protective or dynamic stance, characteristic of mythological representations.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 61.20 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3706 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.