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

Figure of the Goddess Maat

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Description

Caption: Figure of the Goddess Maat, 664–332 B.C.E.. Lapis lazuli, 3/4 x 3/16 x 5/16 in. (1.9 x 0.5 x 0.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1053E. (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.

Small, dark, fragmentary Egyptian figurine/piece photographed against a light background, with only a narrow central form clearly visible.

The image shows a small object centered in the frame, appearing dark brown to black with chipped/broken edges. The figure has a narrow upright profile; surface details are too indistinct to reliably determine facial features, posture, dress, or attributes associated with any specific deity. No clear hieroglyphic carving, painted inscription, or cartouche is visible on the visible surfaces. The background is a uniform light/grey textured field (likely fabric or a mat) and does not contain text. Because the object is fragmentary and no material diagnostic features are visible (e.g., lapis lazuli’s intense blue), the actual material cannot be confirmed from the image. The Late Period attribution and identification as a “Figure of the Goddess Maat” are therefore not verifiable from the provided photo alone.

unclear Late Period (catalogued; not verifiable from image) fragmentary
Deities Maat
Materials unknown

Connections

Found at Egypt
Deities Maat
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1053E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117630 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.