Figurine with elaborate headdress
Description
Roman Period, 30 B.C.–A.D. 364. Terracotta. H. 9.5 × W. 7.5 × D. 3.4 cm (3 3/4 × 2 15/16 × 1 5/16 in.). From: Oxyrhynchus (Bahnasa), Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: EEF excavations 1896–97. Subject: Women. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897.
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.
Terracotta figurine fragment showing the top of a human/possibly divine head and an elaborate headdress with radiating/flaring elements and small raised motifs along the shoulders.
The object appears as a broken terracotta figurine fragment (missing most lower body). The upper portion shows a prominent head with a central face/forehead element and a surrounding elaborate headdress. The headdress includes vertical, fan-like or fluted elements at the crown and outward, petal/leaf-shaped raised forms on both sides, with additional small rounded motifs near the lower edges. The shoulders/upper torso area is decorated with low-relief patterning suggesting garment edges or supporting ornamental bands. No clearly legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible on the surface in this image. No cartouche or royal name is present in a readable form. The catalogued subject as a figurine with elaborate headdress is broadly consistent with what is visible (ornate headgear), though the exact figure identity is unclear.
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