Trial Piece Depicting a Head of a Man
Description
Caption: Trial Piece Depicting a Head of a Man, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, 5 1/2 x 5 1/16 in. (14 x 12.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 37.404. (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 fragment of a carved stone depicting an Egyptian profile.
The artifact is a sculpted fragment portraying a profile of an Egyptian figure. The carving is rendered in a realistic style, characteristic of Amarna art, with an elongated head and full lips. The stone surface is weathered, suggesting age. The profile is carved in low relief, showing detailed attention to facial features typical of high-status portrayals.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.404 tier-2
- BKM-Object 47981 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.