Lid from a Sarcophagus
Description
Caption: Lid from a Sarcophagus, ca. 1292–1075 B.C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 24 x 17 x 8 1/2 in., 40 lb. (61 x 43.2 x 21.6 cm, 18.14kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1518E. (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 Egyptian mummy mask depicting a human face.
The artifact is a mummy mask featuring a stylized human face painted in yellow tones, with detailed eyes and a traditional Egyptian headdress. The craftsmanship is indicative of burial practices, with a focus on preserving the likeness of the deceased. Notable features include almond-shaped eyes and a serene expression, typical of Egyptian funerary art.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1518E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4168 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.