Bricks in Three Parts Bearing the Cartouche of Menkhepere-Penedjen
Description
Caption: Bricks in Three Parts Bearing the Cartouche of Menkhepere-Penedjen, ca. 1075–945 B.C.E.. Mud, baked, 37.1923Ea: 4 1/8 x 7 11/16 x 16 5/16 in. (10.5 x 19.5 x 41.5 cm) 37.1923Eb: 4 1/2 x 7 11/16 x 16 9/16 in. (11.5 x 19.5 x 42 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1923Ea-c. (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 black-and-white photograph shows two stacked, irregular brick-like fragments with incised/pressed markings resembling hieroglyphic characters on the lower piece.
The image depicts two separate but related fragments placed vertically against a white background, labeled by a handwritten/printed accession number near the top-left margin (“3542”). The lower, taller fragment has a rough surface and several darker, worn areas, with what appear to be shallow, incised or impressed signs near the middle-right area; the upper fragment is thicker and rougher with no clearly legible text visible at this resolution. No clear cartouche outline or readable royal name is confidently identifiable from the photograph. The markings could be hieroglyphic, but the specific signs and their arrangement are too unclear to reliably transcribe.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1923Ea-c tier-2
- BKM-Object 118428 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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