Sculptor's Trial Relief of Bes
Description
Caption: Sculptor's Trial Relief of Bes, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, 8 × 5 9/16 × 1 5/16 in. (20.3 × 14.2 × 3.4 cm). 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, 16.67. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 roughly rectangular limestone sculptural relief fragment showing the head/upper torso of a male dwarf-god figure with a broad wig/hat and beard, framed in raised carving with some damaged surface details.
The image depicts a light-gray limestone fragment shaped like a rounded-rectangular plaque, with most of the surface weathered and pitted. In the lower central area there is a carved face with a broad wig/khonsu-like head covering and a short, squared beard or chin beard. The figure’s eyes and facial features are only partially preserved, but the raised contours of the head and beard are visible. The relief extends upward and outward but much of the surrounding detail is obscured by damage and erosion. No clear hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or inscriptions are legible on the visible portion. No other figures or clear attributes besides the dwarf-god-like physiognomy are clearly identifiable from this fragment.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.67 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9332 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.
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