Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Toilet Dish Held by a Figure of a Woman Floating

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Description

Caption: Toilet Dish Held by a Figure of a Woman Floating, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Ivory, 1 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (3.1 x 13.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.611E. (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 nude female figurine with prominent features, possibly representing a fertility figure.

The artifact is a wooden statuette depicting a nude female figure with stylized body proportions, possibly serving as a fertility symbol. The figure exhibits exaggerated female features, which are characteristic of representations intended to emphasize fertility. The surface shows signs of wear, indicating age.

decorative Middle Kingdom good
Materials wood

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials Wood

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.611E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117240 tier-2
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