Small Toilet Dish in the Form of a Duck
Description
Caption: Small Toilet Dish in the Form of a Duck, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Ivory, 3 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (8.3 × 4.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.619E. (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.
Small carved Egyptian object in the form of a duck, viewed from the side with a rounded body and a duck-head with three perforations near the beak area.
The image shows a small ivory (light beige/cream) carved piece shaped like a duck. The object has a rounded, hollow-looking torso and a protruding duck head at one end. On the head/beak side there are three circular perforations arranged in a vertical line or slight arc. The other end appears to be a broader, truncated rim-like section that could correspond to a shallow dish or container associated with a toiletry object. The surface shows age-related wear, cracking, and a worn/uneven finish; outlines suggest that any carved details are now faint. No clear hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No cartouches or royal names are identifiable. No visible pigments are present; the material appears to be unpainted carved ivory.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.619E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117244 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.
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