Reclining Dog
Description
Object Label: Buried in a tomb, this charming figure of a dog served as the deceased’s beloved companion and guardian in the afterlife. Relief inscriptions relate that dogs were sometimes given names reflecting special skills (“Good Watcher”), appearance (“Ebony”), or personality traits (“Trusty,” “Useless”). Caption: Reclining Dog, ca. 1938–1700 B.C.E.. Faience, 13/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 1/2 in. (2 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 14.659. (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 faience figurine depicting a reclining animal, possibly a calf or young bovine.
The artifact is a faience figure that appears to depict a reclining young animal, such as a calf, with stylized features. The composition is simplistic, capturing the essence of the animal in a compact and rounded form. The surface shows signs of weathering and some discoloration, typical of aged faience.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 14.659 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3117 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.