Seated Figure, probably Sekmet
Description
Caption: Seated Figure, probably Sekmet, ca. 1332–1075 B.C.E.. Wood, stucco, pigment, 37.1709Ea: 5 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in. (13.4 x 6.1 x 4.2 cm) 37.1709Eb: 13/16 x 2 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (2 x 6 x 12 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1709Ea-b. (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 dark, seated Egyptian figure shown from the front, with its head and arms shaped in a simplified, statue-like form and a long base/seat beneath.
The object appears to be a seated figure on a rectangular plinth. The figure’s body is worn but shows a narrow torso and a head with a high, rounded profile; both arms appear to be held close to the body or folded, though details are obscured by loss of surface. The figure is coated in a dark material with lighter speckling and areas of missing pigment/stucco, especially on the base and along edges. No clearly readable hieroglyphs or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible in this image. The pose and form are broadly consistent with a seated deity/figure type, but the image resolution and surface damage prevent confident identification of a specific deity (e.g., Sekhmet).
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1709Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 118233 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.