Group of Monkeys
Description
Caption: Group of Monkeys, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Chalk-stone, 1 11/16 × 1 7/16 in. (4.3 × 3.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.70. (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 sculpture of a baboon.
The image depicts a small limestone sculpture of a baboon, a common subject in Egyptian art symbolizing wisdom and is often associated with the Egyptian deity Thoth. The style is simplistic, with minimal detail, suggesting an early artistic representation. The figure is seated, with its limbs and facial features rendered in rudimentary form.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.70 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9334 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.