Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Image of a Ba-bird on a Headboard from a Coffin Third Intermediate PeriodEgypt
Description
Object Label: The human-headed bird represents the ba-soul, part of the Egyptian soul that could leave the tomb and travel both in this world and in the afterlife. The ancient Egyptians recited spells to ensure that the ba returned to the mummy, its natural home, from its various journeys. Caption: Image of a Ba-bird on a Headboard from a Coffin, ca. 945–712 B.C.E.. Wood, gesso, pigment, 11 x 12 5/8 x 5 5/8 in., 5 lb. (28 x 32.1 x 14.3 cm, 2.27kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 75.27. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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Materials
WoodPigmentPainted SurfaceGesso
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 75.27 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3842 tier-2
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