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

Group of Monkeys

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Description

Caption: Group of Monkeys, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment(?), 1 7/8 × 2 5/16 × 1 1/4 in. (4.8 × 5.8 × 3.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 37.616.

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 limestone artifact depicting a seated figure.

This fragmentary artifact displays a carved figure seated on a flat base. The figure appears to be adorned with a robe or garment with visible folds. The style is simple with minimal details, suggesting it may have been part of a larger scene or object. The composition focuses solely on the figure, with no additional context or decoration visible on the fragment.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.616 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 224782 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.