Spoon with Face of Bes or another Birth God
Description
Caption: Spoon with Face of Bes or another Birth God, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Wood, 2 11/16 x 4 1/8 in. (6.9 x 10.5 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, 16.78. (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 small carved wooden object shaped like a rounded bulb with a narrow handle, decorated in relief on the front with a bearded, mask-like face and radiating headdress elements.
The image shows a complete, single object photographed against a neutral background. The form consists of a narrow cylindrical neck/handle leading into a rounded, disk-like bowl area. On the front/broadest face, a carved, relief depiction of a crouched or seated, human/masc-like figure is visible, with a prominent bearded mouth and layered headdress or rays above the head. The lower portion includes textured, patterned carving resembling hair or a garment. The carving style is consistent with faunal/masked birth-god or protective deity iconography, but the specific identity (e.g., Bes vs. another birth god) cannot be confirmed from the image alone. No clear hieroglyphic inscription is visible on the object. No cartouches or royal names are present.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.78 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3143 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.