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

Trial Piece with a Head of a Man

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Description

Caption: Trial Piece with a Head of a Man, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, 6 1/4 × 9 in. (15.8 × 22.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.882.

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 carved limestone relief depicting the profile of a person wearing a headdress.

The artifact is a limestone relief showing a detailed side profile of an individual, possibly a noble or royal figure, given the elaborate headdress. The composition is simple yet elegant, capturing the stylized features typical of ancient Egyptian art. The carving style suggests fine craftsmanship, but the piece is fragmentary, with visible damage along the edges.

royal Amarna Period fragmentary
Royals unclear
Materials limestone

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials Limestone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 35.882 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 44504 tier-2
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