Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · funerary_equipment

Face from an Anthropoid Coffin

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Accession: 37.2037E
Find spot: Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 22
Date: ca. 1070–945 B.C.E.
Date range: 1070 BCE – 945 BCE
Materials: ['Wood', 'gesso', 'pigment']
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Face from an Anthropoid Coffin (37.2037E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18941

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Object Label: This face from a coffin is treated in a manner called "hieroglyphic." Its features are like individual hieroglyphs and are not totally integrated into the face by means of organic modeling. The piece is dated to Dynasty XXI and attributed to Thebes because it resembles very closely many faces on coffins of that time and place. The face's shape and features reflect the revival of the artistic style of the earlier part of Dynasty XVIII (circa 1539–1390 B.C.) or early Dynasty XIX (circa 1295–1250 B.C.), some of whose art was influenced by the art of early Dynasty XVIII. Caption: Face from an Anthropoid Coffin, ca. 1070–945 B.C.E.. Wood, gesso, pigment, 8 7/16 x 8 1/16 x 4 5/16 in. (21.5 x 20.5 x 11 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2037E. (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 painted mask depicting a human face with stylized features.

The artifact is a painted mask characterized by its ambiguous features with large, outlined eyes and a slight smile. The mask appears to be made from a smooth material, possibly wood or plaster, and is painted with distinct colors highlighting the eyes and mouth. This type of mask may have been used as a funerary item, placed over the face of a mummy.

funerary New Kingdom good

Materials woodpaint

Connections

Found at Thebes

Materials Wood Paint

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.2037E tier-2
BKM-Object 4272 tier-2

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