Upper Part of a Sistrum
Description
Caption: Upper Part of a Sistrum, ca. 1539–1190 B.C.E. or later. Wood, 5 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 2 1/4 in. (14.4 x 6.9 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.437E. (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 model boat made of wood, possibly used as a funerary object.
This artifact is a wooden model boat with intricate construction suggesting it was crafted for ceremonial or symbolic purposes, likely related to funerary practices. The hull is narrow and elongated with visible details of the oars and paddles, characteristic of models placed in tombs to aid the deceased in their journey through the afterlife. The craftsmanship indicates it might be from a period when such models were common in burial contexts.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.437E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117087 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.