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

Princess Meketaten

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Description

Caption: Princess Meketaten, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Quartzite, 12 × 6 1/4 × 5 in., 11.5 lb. (30.5 × 15.9 × 12.7 cm, 5.22kg). 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, 16.46. (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 sculpture of an ancient Egyptian figure.

This is a torso fragment of an ancient Egyptian statue, likely depicting a human figure. The sculpture is made from stone, retaining smooth surfaces with visible chisel marks suggesting it was once part of a larger statue. The style and pose are indicative of classical Egyptian sculpture, although significant parts are missing, making identification challenging.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Tell el-Amarna
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.46 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 3133 tier-2
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