Jackal-Headed Cover of Canopic Jar
Description
Caption: Jackal-Headed Cover of Canopic Jar, ca. 1075–332 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 3 3/4 x 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (9.5 x 11.7 x 11.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1907E. (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 sculpted head of a canid resembling a jackal or fox, possibly representing a deity.
This is a sculpted artifact depicting the head of a canid, likely a jackal or fox. The carving is stylized and somewhat abstract, with distinctive pointed ears and prominent eyes. The style indicates it could be associated with representations of deities in ancient Egyptian culture, possibly Anubis, known for his association with jackals.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1907E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118412 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.