Akhenaten as a Sphinx
Description
Caption: Akhenaten as a Sphinx, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 9 3/4 × 15 × 7 1/4 in., 39.5 lb. (24.8 × 38.1 × 18.4 cm, 17.92kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society, 36.881.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A limestone block relief showing a royal figure in a sphinx-like form with paired symbolic motifs, set within a register of hieroglyphic text.
The image depicts a weathered limestone sculptural block. The central figure appears squatting or reclining with human-like arms, while the head and body are shaped in a sphinx-like manner (animal-human hybrid), indicated by a stylized facial area and broad mane/contours around the head. Above and around the figure are carved curved and linear elements resembling iconographic symbols; along the lower portion runs a horizontal band of hieroglyphic signs in shallow relief. The signs are not fully legible due to erosion and low contrast, but the presence of a text line beneath the figure is clear. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. No pigment is clearly distinguishable in the provided photo, though the catalogued material includes pigment; this cannot be confirmed visually.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 36.881 tier-2
- BKM-Object 46933 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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