Senwosret I
Description
Object Label: Most Egyptian reliefs decorating ancient temple walls were brightly painted. Limestone was too porous to allow for an even application of color, so artists usually covered a wall with plaster, smoothed the surface, and painted directly on the dried plaster. Over time, the painted plaster layer separated from the limestone and fell from the wall, so very little original coloration survives. Through the accidents of preservation, this fragment of the king’s face retains most of its ancient paint. Caption: Senwosret I, ca. 1919–1875 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 6 9/16 x 19 11/16 in. (16.7 x 50 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 52.130.1. (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 fragment of an ancient Egyptian artifact with partial depictions and hieroglyphs.
This artifact fragment features a partial depiction of an eye, with vibrant red and blue colors, typical of Egyptian art. On the far right, part of a hieroglyphic symbol can be discerned. The fragment seems to be part of a larger relief, with a smooth, polished surface characteristic of wall decorations in temples or tombs.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 52.130.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3577 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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