Drawing of Amenhotep I
Description
Caption: Drawing of Amenhotep I, ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.. Flax or hemp, 33 × 72 1/2 in. (83.8 × 184.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2029E.
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 large, heavily faded textile fragment or sheet with faint, pen-like outlines and possible marginal drawing marks, photographed laid flat.
The image shows a rectangular object laid horizontally on a light background. The surface appears to be a woven textile (consistent with the catalogue’s flax/hemp material), with numerous areas of abrasion and discoloration. Faint linear marks—possibly a sketch or rough outline of figures and/or hieroglyphic-style strokes—are visible near the upper-left quadrant, but details are too eroded to identify specific signs or a clear composition. A small cluster of darker strokes is visible at the lower-right edge, resembling a drawing or scribble rather than a legible inscription. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible. No clear cartouches or royal names are readable from this photograph.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.2029E tier-2
- BKM-Object 160547 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.