Relief of People Driving off Birds
Description
Caption: Relief of People Driving off Birds, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 8 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (21 x 54 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.197.3. (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 carved limestone slab depicting a scene with two figures and a large tree or plant.
The artifact is a carved limestone slab showing what appears to be two human figures on the left. One figure is holding a round object, possibly a drum or offering. To the right, there is a large depiction of a tree or plant, intricately carved with visible branches. The style is typical of Egyptian relief work with distinct outlines and simplified human forms. The surface shows some wear but the carvings are still visible, indicating significant age.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 60.197.3 tier-2
- BKM-Object 78059 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.