Relief of the Goddess Mut
Description
Object Label: Before the end of the New Kingdom almost all images of female figures wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt were depictions of the goddess Mut, here labeled "Lady of Heaven, Mistress of All the Gods." The goddess's facial features mark this as a work made sometime between late Dynasty XVIII and relatively early in the reign of Ramesses II (circa 1279-1213 B.C.). For more information on the goddess Mut and her temples, see the installations in Temples, Tombs, and the Egyptian Universe. Caption: Relief of the Goddess Mut, ca. 1336–1213 B.C.E.. Granite, 18 7/8 × 9 13/16 × 3 3/8 in. (48 × 25 × 8.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 79.120. (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 fragmentary carved stone relief showing a large stylized emblem-like form and partial incised lines; the face/central motif is incomplete due to breakage.
The image shows a roughly vertically oriented, broken relief block with a mottled, reddish-brown and gray surface. A central, dark incised geometric/curvilinear motif dominates the composition, including a circular element near the upper center and a V-shaped or wedge-like form radiating downward. On the right side there is a partially preserved rectangular/strap-like projection and an oval element. Lower left preserves part of an incised sign with a short horizontal bar above it. No complete figure (e.g., full seated goddess) is visible; the relief appears heavily damaged, preventing confident identification of the goddess attributes. There is no clearly legible hieroglyphic text; only scattered, fragmentary sign-like marks are present. The background is plain, and no modern inscriptions or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 79.120 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3877 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.
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