Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Small Figure of a Cynocephalus

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Description

Caption: Small Figure of a Cynocephalus, Stone, 3 1/8 x 1 7/16 x 1 1/4 in. (7.9 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1225E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small carved dark stone figure of an animal with a long, pointed snout (cynocephalus/monkey-like form), shown standing upright on a base.

The image shows a single, small dark stone sculpture photographed against a light background. The figure is upright with a rounded head and a pronounced, narrow snout projecting forward. The face has incised details suggesting closed eyes and a small mouth area. The body is compact and rounded, with minimal but visible carving for the torso and limbs; the feet rest on a small rectangular/rounded base. No painted color or metal elements are visible. The overall style and subject appearance are consistent with a small cynocephalus figure, matching the museum catalog title. There is no readable inscription visible on the surfaces shown, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is apparent.

royal Late Period (per catalogue; style consistent but cannot independently confirm from image alone) good
Deities unknown
Materials stone

Connections

Found at Abusir
Materials Stone

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1225E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117797 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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