Building Scene
Description
Caption: Building Scene, ca. 1352–1347 B.C.E.. Sandstone, pigment, 7 1/2 x 10 7/16 x 1 3/16 in. (19 x 26.5 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William Kelly Simpson, 86.132. (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.
Fragment of an Egyptian sandstone relief showing a wall or facade with incised/painted decorative elements and rows of small figures or signs in a horizontal register.
The image shows a broken rectangular sandstone block or relief fragment. The top portion is damaged, but a broad horizontal band divides the surface. In the lower register, there is a grid-like band of recessed rectangles suggesting stonework or masonry, bordered by a more densely carved/painted area above it. Along the upper and central area, there are shallow incisions and traces of light pigment forming what appear to be clustered motifs and possibly small figures or sign-like forms, arranged in rows. No clearly identifiable human figure attributes (e.g., crown type), deity iconography, or legible hieroglyphic sequence is distinct at this resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. The break edges indicate a fragmentary object likely from a larger wall relief/scene.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 86.132 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3920 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.