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

Pair of Monkeys

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Description

Caption: Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 3 1/8 × 1 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (7.9 × 3.2 × 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183c. (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 small ancient Egyptian figurine depicting a seated woman holding a child.

This is a small carved figurine made from stone, depicting a seated woman with a child on her lap, possibly representing a mother and child motif. The style is simple and the carving is relatively rudimentary, with visible traces of paint on the eyes and mouth.

daily life New Kingdom good
Materials stonepaint

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials StonePaint

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 34.1183c tier-2
  • BKM-Object 38531 tier-2
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