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

Trial Piece with Nb-Signs

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Description

Caption: Trial Piece with Nb-Signs, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, 4 1/2 × 2 × 4 1/2 in. (11.5 × 5.1 × 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 34.6054.

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.

Fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact with visible hieroglyphs.

The image depicts a fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact, likely made of limestone, with partially preserved hieroglyphs. The artifact is rectangular and shows signs of wear and erosion, typical of older objects uncovered in archaeological excavations. The piece is notable for its simple, yet indicative engraving style.

hieroglyphic only unknown fragmentary
Materials limestone
Signs flower ×3

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 34.6054 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 43588 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.
  • 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.