Sunk Relief of a King
Description
Caption: Sunk Relief of a King, ca. 874–773 B.C.E.. Limestone, 27 x 12 1/4 x 4in. (68.6 x 31.1 x 10.2cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 1991.40. (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 weathered limestone relief block showing the upper part of a seated or standing royal figure with a stylized headpiece and wig.
The image shows a carved, recessed (sunk) relief panel on a roughly rectangular limestone fragment. The central focus is a king’s head and upper torso/profile: a broad wig with curled lateral forms, a broad forehead, and a ceremonial headpiece. Facial features are simplified but include an eye shape and a short beard or beard shadow at the chin area. The mouth and nose are indicated in low relief lines. A raised, circular or looped element appears near the forehead/hat area, but no clear royal name cartouche is visible. No readable hieroglyphic text is apparent on the visible surfaces, and there are no clearly legible Greek/Coptic/Arabic inscriptions. The background field is plain, with faint tool marks and erosion consistent with age.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 1991.40 tier-2
- BKM-Object 4235 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.