One of the Four Sons of Horus
Description
Caption: One of the Four Sons of Horus, ca. 945–712 B.C.E.. Wax, 37.1808Eb: Baboon-headed god: 2 3/8 × 1 × 9/16 in. (6.1 × 2.5 × 1.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1808Eb.
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 small ancient Egyptian figurine with humanoid features.
The artifact is a small figurine exhibiting humanoid characteristics. The piece appears weathered, with visible wear and a break across the midsection. It is likely carved from a type of stone or clay, and the simplistic style suggests that it may have been a common or personal item rather than a prominent religious or royal artifact. The unfinished surface texture and lack of detailed ornamentation are notable.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1808Eb tier-2
- BKM-Object 224465 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.