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-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.
Limestone block depicting the head of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet.
The artifact is a limestone block featuring the incised image of the goddess Sekhmet, recognizable by her lioness head and sun disc. The figure is carved in raised relief, showing typical artistic styles of Egyptian deities with strong lines and stylized features. Notable is the inclusion of the uraeus, or cobra, on her head, symbolizing royalty and divine authority. The block is weathered, with some surface wear evident.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.67 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9332 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.
- 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.