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

Mummiform Figure

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1717E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1717E
Find spot: Giza, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Third Intermediate Period or later
Date: ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.
Date range: 1075 BCE – 656 BCE
Materials: ['Wood', 'plaster', 'bitumen', 'linen']
Height: 37.0 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Mummiform Figure (37.1717E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18985

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Description

Caption: Mummiform Figure, ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.. Wood, plaster, bitumen, linen, 14 9/16 x 3 9/16 x 10 3/8 in. (37 x 9 x 26.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1717E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small mummiform standing figure is shown in profile, with an elongated human body and a dark, plaque-like base.

The image shows a dark, mummiform figure standing upright on a rectangular base/plinth. The head and upper torso are carved or modeled in a dark substance; the face appears in left-facing profile with simplified features. The body is elongated with minimal anatomical detail, consistent with a stylized mummiform figure. The surface is uneven and matte, suggesting a coated or painted surface over a core material. No clear painted decoration is visible in the provided view. There are no legible hieroglyphic inscriptions, cartouches, or other text visible on the figure or base at this resolution. The background is plain, and the object is photographed front-left in a studio setting. The museum catalogue material list includes wood, plaster, bitumen, and linen; from the photograph, the most clearly visible component is a dark coating (consistent with bitumen) but the underlying wood/plaster/linen cannot be confirmed directly from the image.

religious Third Intermediate Period or later (per catalogue); specific dynasty/reign unclear from image good

Materials dark coating/surface (possibly bitumen)paint/coat layer (unclear)

Connections

Found at Giza

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.1717E tier-2
BKM-Object 118241 tier-2

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From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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