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

Sculptor's Model

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Description

Caption: Sculptor's Model, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 5 11/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 1/8 in. (14.5 x 11 x 2.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 35.2005. (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 fragmentary limestone piece with a faint engraved profile.

This artifact is a fragmentary piece of limestone displaying the faint outline of a profile, possibly a human face. The image is eroded, with minimal visible detailing, suggesting significant aging or wear. The style is simple, with no elaborate decoration or additional inscriptions evident. The limestone is uneven at the edges, indicating it may have broken off from a larger artifact.

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 35.2005 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 45626 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.
  • 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.