Top of Ceremonial Staff in the Form of the Papyrus Umbel Surmounted by a Cat
Description
Caption: Top of Ceremonial Staff in the Form of the Papyrus Umbel Surmounted by a Cat, ca. 1539–1075 B.C.E. or later. Bronze, 4 3/16 x 5 1/8 in. (10.6 x 13 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.574E. (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 small statue of a seated cat.
The artifact is a bronze statuette depicting a seated cat, a symbol commonly associated with the goddess Bastet in ancient Egyptian culture. The style is simplistic yet elegant, capturing the graceful features of a feline with its upright posture and attentive demeanor. The piece appears to be relatively intact, with visible smooth surfaces characteristic of bronze work.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.574E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117215 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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