Fragmentary Head
Description
Object Label: This head was carved in black granite, one of the more costly stones available to the non-royal elite for their statues. Yet this individual, living in the Middle Kingdom, wears a very simple hairstyle. Caption: Fragmentary Head, ca. 1759–1675 B.C.E.. Granite, 5 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (13.7 x 10.5 x 9.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frederic B. Pratt, 37.394. (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 stone head of an ancient Egyptian figure with detailed facial features.
The artifact is a stone head displaying the detailed facial structure typical of ancient Egyptian sculpture. The figure has prominent eyes, nose, and mouth, with a partially preserved headdress suggesting Egyptian royalty or nobility. The style indicates careful stonework, likely intended for a statue. Surface erosion is present, yet much of the facial detail remains discernible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.394 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3434 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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