Figure of Squatting Monkey Holding a Palm Tree Trunk
Description
Caption: Figure of Squatting Monkey Holding a Palm Tree Trunk, ca. 1938–1759 B.C.E.. Limestone, 12 3/16 × 2 3/16 × 3 3/4 in. (31 × 5.5 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 64.148.1. (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 roughly shaped stone pillar with a spherical top part.
The artifact is a simplistic, elongated stone structure, resembling a pillar or column. It features a roughly spherical top part and exhibits a weathered surface. The piece lacks intricate carvings or detailed iconography, suggesting a utilitarian or symbolic purpose rather than decorative. The absence of identifiable figures or detailed engravings is notable.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 64.148.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3727 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.