Priest with an Offering Table
Description
Object Label: The kneeling posture conveys honor and reverence. The offering table suggests appeasement because it takes the form of a hieroglyph for “offering” and “pacification.” The priest with upraised arms and open palms makes a gesture of worship before a god. He wears a sash across his chest, a badge of priesthood. Caption: Priest with an Offering Table, ca. 1539 B.C.E. or later. Bronze, 2 1/2 x 13/16 x 1 7/16 in. (6.4 x 2.1 x 3.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.362E. (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 bronze statuette of a figure kneeling and holding an offering table.
The artifact is a small bronze figurine depicting a kneeling male figure presenting an offering table. The figure is stylized, with simplistic and abstract features, characteristic of Egyptian bronze sculptures. The statuette sits on a plain, modern pedestal, indicating it is part of a museum display.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.362E tier-2
- BKM-Object 4030 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.
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