Hippo
Description
Object Label: The ancient Egyptians often snapped off the legs of hippopotamus statuettes before placing them in tombs, as these two examples show. The broken stumps of the smaller statuette’s legs demonstrate how bright blue glaze adhered to the white faience. The larger figure’s snout, perhaps also broken in antiquity, has been restored. Caption: Hippo, ca. 1938–1539 B.C.E.. Faience, 7/8 × 1 × 2 1/16 in. (2.2 × 2.5 × 5.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 36.120. (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 faience amulet or artifact depicting a scarab beetle.
The artifact is a small, turquoise faience piece shaped like a scarab beetle. It exhibits a glossy surface typical of faience, with details that suggest it may have been part of a larger piece or used as an amulet. The color and craftsmanship are indicative of Egyptian art styles and materials, possibly used for decorative or religious purposes.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 36.120 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3388 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.
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