Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp
Description
Caption: Figure of a Monkey Playing a Harp, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 2 13/16 × 1/2 × 1 11/16 in. (7.2 × 1.3 × 4.3 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, 16.82. (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 fragmentary piece of an ancient Egyptian artifact with traces of red pigment.
This is a small, fragmentary piece of an ancient Egyptian artifact, likely made from a type of stone or material common in ancient Egyptian art. The piece shows the remnants of intricate carving, with visible traces of red pigment, suggesting it was once painted or adorned with color. The overall shape is irregular, and it seems to depict a figure in a possible action pose, although details are heavily worn.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.82 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9341 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.